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Kaya Biz

At the helm of Gauteng’s biggest business radio show, Kaya Biz, is Gugulethu who will be leading the conversation on what is next for the Afropolitan business landscape. The show presents local and international business news, entrepreneurship, corporate and investment banking. Since its inception in May 2006 Kaya Biz has grown from a half-an-hour daily finance update to an hour show bringing compelling business news and market reviews to listeners.
Daily English South Africa Business News · Investing
5,097 Episodes
1080 – 1100

SA construction activity weaker than expected in early 2024

GUEST – Roelof Botha, Economist Afrimat, the JSE-listed mid-tier mining and materials company providing construction materials, industrial minerals, bulk commodities, and future materials and metals, has released the findings of its Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) for the first quarter of 2024. The ACI is a composite index of the activity…
11 Jun 2024 11AM 17 min

Will Cell C really be shutting down majority of their retail stores?

GUEST - Chris Lazarus - Chief Officer for Sales, Distribution & Regions at Cell C Reports came in last night that Cell C is looking to sell 44 out of 47 retail stores that it currently owns. This is in the wake of intense competition in the market with many…
11 Jun 2024 11AM 12 min

Freight association push back on report that SA ports are the world's worst

GUEST - Jacob van Rensburg – Researcher at South African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) A report by the World Bank and rating agency S&P's that ranked four South African ports as among the worst in the world for efficiency and competitiveness is flawed and contains inaccuracies. This is according…
11 Jun 2024 11AM 9 min

Can you challenge a dismissal when the company is in business rescue?

GUEST: Gareth Cremen Cox Yeats Partner AND Kagiso Lebethe - Senior Employee Relations Specialist Facing dismissal after years of service can be tough, but what happens when the company goes into business rescue before you can challenge the decision? The Companies Act 71 of 2008 places a moratorium on legal…
11 Jun 2024 9AM 25 min

SA telecoms companies face significant consumer sentiment challenges

GUEST - Liska Kloppers - DataEQ Telecoms Lead. The latest South African Telecommunications Sentiment Index, undertaken by PwC South Africa in collaboration with DataEQ, has revealed that the local telecommunications industry continues to face significant challenges related to consumer sentiment. An assessment of 1.62-million public mentions about Cell C, MTN,…
6 Jun 2024 11AM 14 min

RMB/BER Business Confidence Index edged up ahead of national election

GUEST – Siobhan Redford, an economist at Rand Merchant Bank The second quarter fieldwork for the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) was conducted among 2 500 businesses and took place from 9 to 27 May 2024, a period preceding the 29th of May national and provincial elections that were widely…
6 Jun 2024 11AM 9 min

OPINION: South Africa’s 2024 election: what the numbers tell us.

GUEST - Leon Louw - CEO, Freedom Foundation Democracy is thought of as establishing ‘majority rule, yet, even with a ‘landslide victory’ a winner with as many as two-thirds (66%) of the vote, would represent a mere 27% of the South African electorate. A simple 50% majority of the vote…
4 Jun 2024 2PM 12 min

Interest of credit ratings in elections outcomes

GUEST - Political analyst, Dr Dale McKinley The long-standing debate about the power of credit rating agencies (CRAs) has recently received additional attention due to the 2007–2009 financial crisis and the 2010–2012 European sovereign debt crisis. In this conversation we examine the commentary that has come from global credit agencies…
4 Jun 2024 2PM 14 min

Nine out of ten consumers opt for the Top 10 Fast Food outlets

GUEST: Andrew Fulton, Director at Eighty20 In the past year, one out of every two adult South Africans—totalling 23.4 million people—purchased fast food. Approximately 20 millions of them dined at a fast-food outlet in the past month, a figure that has remained stable with a slight increase over the past…
3 Jun 2024 10AM 10 min

Economic outlook following South Africa's 2024 election results

GUEST - Johann Els - Old Mutual Group Chief Economist The results of South Africa's 2024 national elections have created a seismic shift in the political landscape, sending shockwaves throughout the country. For the first time since the end of apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority, securing…
3 Jun 2024 10AM 8 min

BUSINESS REACTION TO ELECTONS:

GUEST - Alan Mukoki - South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Business urges all parties to accept election results and work together to rebuild country Organised business has urged political leaders to accept the 2024 election results and to prioritise the crafting of stable governance arrangements underpinned by…
3 Jun 2024 10AM 10 min

Dis-Chem annual profit down 1.6%, continues to roll out new pharmacies

GUEST – Rui Morais, Dis-Chem CEO South African pharmacy group Dis-Chem announced in a Sens on Friday that its headline earnings per share declined by 1.6% for the year ended 29 February 2024. Headline earnings per share were 114.6 cents for the full year ended 31 March 2024, compared to…
3 Jun 2024 10AM 8 min
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