Bizskoops - 24 April 2025

Loading player...
On the show today …
# Maize prices skyrocketed by 15% yesterday
# SA’s plummeting mining output is expected to hit the country’s GDP
# The economist Waldo Krugell also talks about the recent capital flight from the USA economy.
# In international business news… BP may be forced to cut or even scrap its share buyback programmes over the next year unless oil prices recover.
# In investment-news…. A new trading platform is making its debut.
And, we’ll check in with Chris Hatting from the Center for Risk Analysis to talk about racial employment laws that are being ratcheted up in South Africa under the transformation objectives of the African National Congress.
24 Apr English South Africa Business News · Business

Other recent episodes

Bizskoops - 17 April 2025

On the show today … # The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) has predicted one-point-seven percent growth for the local economy this year # The United Transport Union (Untu) has started balloting workers at Transnet to consider going on strike. # The economist Waldo Krugell talks about the Rand’s tumultuous…
22 Apr 8 min

Bizskoops - 09 April 2025

On the show today … # Reserve may keep interest rates the same # Provinces have lost billions to National Treasury in unspent funds meant for infrastructure development # The economist Waldo Krugell talks about reviewed government spending # In International News… A full-on trade war started between the US…
11 Apr 9 min

Bizskoops - 03 April 2025

On the show today … # A unit of Absa plans to open a representative office in Dubai next year # The economist Waldo Krugell talks about policy and economic uncertainty # In international business news… The Conservative USA TV network Newsmax has seen an extraordinary stock market surge #…
3 Apr 9 min

Bizskoops - 27 March 2025

On the show today … # The South African economy added another 12-thousand jobs in the fourth quarter of 2024 # Experts question the constitutionality of a VAT increase # The economist Waldo Krugell talks about the inflation rate, the interest rate and exchange rate # In international business news…
27 Mar 9 min

Bizskoops - 20 March 2025

On the show today … # We hear from Chris Hattingh of the Center for Risk Analysis about Volkswagen Group Africa that says it becomes more and more difficult to do business in South Africa # February's inflation remains unchanged from January # The economist Waldo Krugell talks about how…
20 Mar 10 min