Director’s Cut: SPAR’s brutal reset - CEO Angelo Swartz on losses, debt and the fight back

BizNews editor Alec Hogg speaks to Terry Boardman, Famous Brands’ head of QSR, about the group’s strategic leap into Malaysia with Steers and Debonairs, why the right local partner matters, lessons learned from past international setbacks, and what Famous Brands’ sales data reveals about green shoots — and ongoing pressure…

Eskom’s deal with Glencore halts ferrochrome retrenchments, Famous Brands targets Malaysia growth, Spar swallows a R4.8bn European exit, Thungela beats coal guidance, MultiChoice completes its JSE delisting, and the BIS raises fresh bubble warnings over gold and US stocks.

My insurance quote dropped 56% with one call - and it sparked a deeper look at what complacency costs us in business and investing.

Seize the day with the freshest news you can use to help you conquer another active business day - from the team at BizNews and our global partners. This episode features the odds on Paramount's fresh $108bn hostile bid for Warner Brothers beating Netflix's board-supported $82bn offer; Nvidia securing a…

Veteran mining analyst Peter Major joins Alec Hogg to unpack Glencore’s aggressive JV spree, why copper may be running ahead of fundamentals, what’s driving asset sales at Robex, Tungela and Aveng, and why he’s sticking with gold ETFs but staying cautious on mining shares at current prices.