Bizskoops - 10 July 2025

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On the show today …
# Foreign investors have sold billions worth of South African equities in the past four weeks
# Minister Godongwana has rejected calls for a wealth tax or an apartheid-era redress tax.
The economist Waldo Krugell talks about the impact of the US tariffs on the South African economy
# In international business news… President Donald Trump has announced a 50 percent import tax on copper entering the U.S.
# In investment-news… Depositors who had saved their money at the defrauded VBS Bank have likely received their final dividend
And, we’ll check in with Chris Hatting from the Center for Risk Analysis to talk about among other aspects the new trade tariffs and recent economic forecasts
10 Jul English South Africa Business News · Business

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