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BizNews Briefing - Capitec; BHI; GNU; Chinese business threat; Luxury gyms.

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In this episode of the BizNews Briefing, Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie shares some of the group’s secret sauce (another stonking set of numbers released today); Magnus Heystek on a 30-year ban for the duo who owned large brokerage Local & Global, facilitators of the BHI ponzi; the FT on how improving Chinese manufacturers threaten everyone else; rising star of political analysis Makone Maja on the GNU; and The Economist explains why luxury gyms are booming ($40k a year membership anyone?)

1 Oct 2024 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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