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Inside Covid-19: Moneycraft advice for the 89% of SAs worrying about paying bills; Habana steps up for sportsmen. Ep 45
In episode 45 of Inside Covid-19, some solid practical moneycraft advice during a time when 89% of South Africans are worried how they’re going to pay their bills; we hear from the Chinese owners of Village Main Reef on challenges the pandemic has brought for its deep level mines that…
Sharp rise in SA Covid-19 deaths, but kids may not spread it; Edgars, Jet sell-off; Van Loggerenberg court victory; Rand
In today's news headlines: * South Africa has recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 deaths, with 82 cases reported on Monday. This takes the death toll to more than 1,000 of the more than 50 000 cases reported in the country; * Children under 10 do not appear to spread…
Ninety One unveils details of plan to rescue SA companies hit by Covid-19
Asset manager Ninety One has launched a R10bn-fund, in partnership with a private equity firm Ethos, targeting South African businesses that have been badly knocked by Covid-19 containment measures. In this interview with BizNews editor-in-chief Alec Hogg, Ninety One's chief commercial officer John Green says his team members are on…
Meet Springbok World Cup hero Bryan Habana who is helping athletes get back on the track
Athletes would have descended on Tokyo in July and August this year, hoping that four years of sweat and blood would bring them the glory of an Olympic medal. But their dreams have been dashed by the Covid-19 pandemic. It has affected every single sports star with a resultant loss…
European scientists find that kids under 10 do not have receptors for Covid-19
Children started going back to classrooms in South Africa at the beginning of the week after the biggest teachers’ union dropped its objections to the gradual re-opening. The children that turned up yesterday were grades 7 and 12 and they trickled into schools after standing in long queues as they…
Ninety One invests in SA corporate Covid-19 victims; Standard Bank directors' blacklist; Netcare; Mediclinic
In today's news headlines: * Children in South Africa began returning to classrooms on Monday as part of a gradual loosening of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions even as some parents worried not enough had been done to protect the health of pupils; * Ninety One is raising a recovery fund to…
David Shapiro on why financial markets are bubbling, tech's 'vroom' and a letter from the 50s
The International Monetary Fund reported in May that incoming data showed many countries will be hit worse than its already pessimistic projections, and that the world will be thrown into the deepest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. GDP output, the fund said is expected to be shrinking…
Inside Covid-19: SA, Cape infections, deaths in perspective; Schools re-opening global experience. Ep 44
In episode 44 of Inside Covid-19 we examine the Western Cape’s infection and mortality rates, compare them with experiences elsewhere; after schools opened today, we take a close look at how this impacted the spread of the coronavirus in other countries; highlights from a fascinating interview with Stellenbosch University epidemiologist…
Covid-19 deaths at 1,000; it REALLY is back to school this week - Motshekga; game viewing allowed; Africa stocks soar
In today's news headlines: * About 1,000 people (952 as of 6 June) have now died of Covid-19 in South Africa, with nearly all of these in the Western Cape - which has reported nearly 800 deaths, says the government; * As confusion reigns over when pupils can get back…
Scary warning signs from the SA bond market
While the equity market gets most of the media attention, the bond market is a much better barometer of the state of the real economy. The South African bond market has been through a tumultuous period. After the Moody’s downgrade in March, SA government bond yields spiked, but they have…
When the political gets really personal…
They say the political is always personal, here Biznews team member, Chris Bateman, shares his knowledge of South Africa’s healthcare landscape and the Covid-19 coordinated response from his perspective as a 63-year-old highly immune-compromised cancer survivor and veteran healthcare journalist.
Government to appeal ruling declaring some Covid-19 measures invalid - Minister Jackson Mthembu
The Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu has announced that the government is going to appeal against the court decision that threw its lockdown exit strategy into disarray. It follows after the North Gauteng High Court declared that some of the government’s lockdown regulations were unconstitutional and, therefore, invalid. Justice…
Thuli Madonsela lashes CR over Covid-19 lockdown rules, NDZ under fire in court; Saffers 20% poorer - FNB; Sasol
in today's news headlines: * Listen to the people, President Cyril Ramaphosa. That was the message from former public protector Thuli Madonsela in a hard-hitting Open Letter to the president, published in the Financial Mail, in which she sharply criticised South Africa’s strict lockdown rules; * Also this week: As…
Dr Jo Barnes: Why epidemiologists like me reject "just a bad flu" assessment of Covid-19
Stellenbosch University's Dr Jo Barnes shares the forthright character trait required for epidemiologists - scientists who serve society by identifying threats of contagious diseases and deliver fact-based ways to prevent them causing havoc. In this frank podcast she explains why those under-estimating the impact of the coronavirus do so at…
An unexpected cancer gift; societal empathy
In this third podcast about his cancer journey, one of our team, Chris Bateman, shares the insights and awakenings his recent diagnosis and treatment have evoked in him after nearly 20 years as a healthcare journalist.
Leon Louw unpacks Davis judgement which lays into NDZ's "irrational" lockdown regulations
The urgent application against SA's lockdown brought by Reyno de Beer and his Liberty Fighter's Network, was originally set down to be heard on May 19th. But after the defendant Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma twice failed to file answering affidavits, the Judge gave her a last chance and the case was duly…
Rand strengthens; Covid-19 deaths near 800; taxpayers fund King Goodwill pay increase to R72m; Mediclinic
In today's news headlines: * South Africa has reported 50 more Covid-19 related deaths. This brings the total reported number of deaths from Covid-19 to 755, with 567 of these in the Western Cape, says the government; * South Africa’s long-suffering taxpayers will fund Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini’s lifestyle to…
Inside Covid-19: Assessing the lockdown regulation judgement; Tygerberg braces for new spike. Ep 43
In episode 43 of Inside Covid-19, some practical do’s and don’ts for families whose children are returning to school next week; the High Court judgement forcing Government to recant on many lockdown regulations; we eavesdrop on SA Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago talking to a foreign audience; the Cape’s Tygerberg…
Tygerberg Hospital in WC says admissions increase as lockdown eases; but 'coping' - George Muntingh
The Western Cape is starting to limit testing for the coronavirus to people over the age of 55 and for those with risk factors. It was adopted due to a backlog and shortage in test kits. The province has nearly two-thirds of the coronavirus cases in the country. The assistant…
Expert insights on bank stocks that should thrive after Covid-19: Kokkie Kooyman
Kokkie Kooyman has unparalleled expertise on the world's bank stocks. The Denker Capital financial services fund manager, who follows about 300 banks around the world, has seen his own fund's recent performance dip as Covid-19 sends shock waves across the global economy. But, as he notes in his 30 April…