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Jean-Pierre Verster on Fed Jay Powell, Hospitality, Property and Tencent
With David Shapiro travelling back to local shores, hedge fund guru Jean-Pierre Verster took the reins as Monday's BizNews Power Hour co-host. Discussion centred around US Federal Reserve's speech at the Jackson Hole Summit on Friday, as well as focusing on hospitality and property sectors as investment propositions. Jean-Pierre said…
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Australian stock market
In this episode, I speak to Mark Tobin of Coffee Microcaps about the Australian stock market. We compare the JSE small cap sector to its Australian equivalent and Mark shares a few ideas on how the local market can learn from its cousin down under. Learn more about your ad…
MeerKAT, precursor to world's largest radio telescope - Prof Justin Jonas
In the quietest corner of the Karoo, stands the 64 dishes of the MeerKAT radio telescope, which enables leading scientists to conduct research on the centre of the Milky Way - 25,000 light years away from Earth. MeerKAT is a precursor of a much larger project, to build the SKA…
'Gold Fields or AngloGold merger is off the table' - Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman
Chief executive of diversified miner Sibanye-Stillwater, Neal Froneman joined the BizNews team on a day where one of the world's largest precious metals producers announced record financials. Froneman notes that although the robust commodity prices were a tailwind for the business, operationally performance was excellent. There has been much speculation…
Hlophe likely to practice the Stalingrad strategy that Zuma made famous - Paul Hoffman
A first in South Africa’s post-1994 history occurred this week when a substantial majority of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) voted to uphold a gross misconduct finding against Western Cape judge president John Hlophe. This decision by the JSC paves the way for an impeachment process by parliament. In order…
Vaccine manufacturers SHOULD make money for solving a massive problem - Piet Viljoen
Counterpoint Value Fund manager Piet Viljoen joins BizNews founder Alec Hogg as co-host of the BizNews Power Hour to weigh in on a number of topics in the news. Viljoen shares GG Alcock's sentiments on the SA unemployment rate and says that pharmaceutical companies should make money from producing vaccines, despite what…
BizNews Power Hour - 26 Aug. Piet Viljoen co-host; Hlophe's impeachment; Italtile results; Paul Whitburn on China
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Piet Viljoen talking vaccine producing company stocks; Advocate Paul Hoffman unpacks judge Hlophe's impeachment; Italtile CEO Jan Potgieter on the group's year-end results; Paul Whitburn, director and portfolio manager at Rozendal Partners, on China’s current communist…
Flash Briefing: JSC upholds gross misconduct finding against Zuma-linked Hlophe; SAA to resume flights; SA's emissions
News headlines: *A substantial majority of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) voted to uphold a gross misconduct finding against Western Cape judge president John Hlophe, paving the way for an impeachment process by parliament. *State-owned airline company South African Airways (SAA) has announced it will resume flights on 23 September…
Italtile CEO Jan Potgieter: Record financial results, succession planning and prospects
Italtile's outgoing chief executive Jan Potgieter joined the BizNews Power Hour on a day that the retailer announced record financial results. Italtile has been one of the best performing companies on the JSE for the better part of a decade with management's decision making and capital allocation at the centre…
SA's unemployment numbers don't take informal sector into account - GG Alcock
GG Alcock joined the BizNews Power Hour, on the day after the unemployment data for South Africa were released. The figures showed horrific numbers, but Alcock provides some context on the numbers - and the way they’re put together. The author of “Kasinomics: African Informal Economies and the People Who…
'Mandatory vaccine policy is in the public interest' - Keymanthri Moodley
"A mandatory vaccine policy is absolutely critical," says Professor Keymanthri Moodley, a bioethicist and director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at Stellenbosch University. Professor Moodley joined BizNews to explain exactly why she believes that a mandatory vaccine policy is necessary for 'high-risk environments'. She says that healthcare…
BizNews Power Hour - 25 Aug. Heystek co-host; local economy trumps unemployment; Dr Roelof Botha; mandatory vaccination
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek; Kasinomic's GG Alcock on unemployment stats versus the local economy; the launch of Altron Fintech's Household Financial Resilience Index with Dr Roelof Botha; why mandatory vaccination is in the public interest with Keymanthri Moodley…
Flash Briefing: SA govt to harness R28bn cannabis industry; SA economy 11% bigger than estimated; Treasury
News headlines: *South Africa’s government unveiled a master plan aimed at harnessing a R28bn cannabis industry that could potentially create as many as 25,000 jobs and help attract foreign investment. *South Africa’s economy is 11% bigger than previously estimated, after statistics authorities changed the way they calculate gross domestic product…
Altron Fintech index shows SA's incur, manage micro-finance debt better than before Covid-19
Dr Roelof Botha is the economic advisor to the Optimum Investment Group and the brains behind the Altron Fintech Household Financial Resilience Index. Dr Botha joined BizNews contributor Bronwyn Nielsen to discuss the index, the purpose of which is to assess the state of micro-lending in South Africa from the…
'The investment industry is not a gentleman's game' - Magnus Heystek
Hard-hitting Magnus Heystek joins BizNews founder Alec Hogg to talk about the hidden agendas that plague the investment industry. Magnus has been adamant on having offshore exposure for the better part of the last decade for two reasons, firstly because diversification is the only free lunch you're afforded in investing…
Unemployment figures, Naspers/Prosus, Afghanistan - Steven Nathan's rational opinion
10X founder Steven Nathan joins Alec Hogg to talk on a number of topical political and investment matters. The unemployment rate, which rose by 1.8% to 34.4%, surged to the highest on a global list of 82 countries monitored by Bloomberg. The expanded definition, which includes discouraged workers, rose to…
BizNews Power Hour - 24 Aug. Nathan co-host; Afghan insights; Standard Bank's PowerPulse; Papenfus tackles Mittal
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Steven Nathan talking Chinese tech stocks; Hameed Hakimi, an Afghan national and Research Associate at Ruhr-University Bochum Germany on the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan; Gerhard Papenfus takes on Arcelor Mittal SA; Standard Banks' PowerPulse and the…
Flash Briefing: SA unemployment rate highest on global list; SA cannabis company plans to list on JSE
News headlines: *South Africa’s unemployment rate surged to the highest on a global list of 82 countries monitored by Bloomberg. *The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Gauteng will prosecute former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini in connection with the social grants payments fiasco in 2017. *Cilo Cybin Pharmaceutical is…
AMSA vs the Steel Downstream: Govt's continued protection of AMSA - Gerhard Papenfus
ArcelorMittal South Africa announced recently that the second half of 2021 may be even better than the profit record of nearly R2.5 billion that the company achieved in the first half of the year. NEASA chief executive Gerhard Papenfus joined the BizNews Power Hour to discuss why he says that…
Paul Whitburn on China, the bulk commodities downturn and what this means for SA
The Chinese regulators' crackdown on Big Tech - which has been intensifying since November 2020 - as well as the drastic measures taken by the country to move back towards a communist state has serious implications for the rest of the world, South Africa included. BizNews contributor Charl Botha spoke…