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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
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INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS [MUSIC EDITION] – Demystifying Royalties

GUEST – Karabo Senna - General Manager; Sales and Licensing at SAMRO Royalty is like a paycheck for creators — when others use or sell their creative work, they get paid a percentage. It’s a way artists, writers, and musicians earn money for their talent. So, when you hear your…
7 Feb 2024 12PM 9 min

Minimum wage by 8.5% to R27.58 per hour [± R4,412.80 monthly

GUEST - Maya Fisher-French is a financial journalist and author at Maya on Money The new national minimum wage determination, which includes workers categorised as vulnerable in the South African labour force, farm workers and domestic workers, is scheduled to come into effect on 1 March.
7 Feb 2024 12PM 14 min

Minerals Councils says it is cautiously optimistic about 2024

GUEST – Mzila Mthenjane – CEO of Minerals Council South Africa The Minerals Council SA, a lobby group for the mining industry, reported a fall in mining production in 2023 to R1.1-trillion from the high of R1.2-trillion a year earlier, as weaker commodity prices and logistics constraints curtailed exports.
7 Feb 2024 12PM 8 min

PIVOT POINT– In conversation with with Influential businessman, Sandile Zungu

GUEST – Sandile Zungu, Chairman of Zungu Investments Co. Sandile is the Chairman of Zico. He has a BSc Mechanical Engineering degree as well as a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from UCT. In 2000 he completed the Program for Global Leadership certificate at the Harvard Business School in Boston,…
6 Feb 2024 12PM 30 min

MINING INDABA COVERAGE

Guest Peter Major, director of mining at Modern Corporate Solutions “It’s fitting that the 30th Mining Indaba is taking place in the year that South Africa celebrates the 30th year of its democracy,” said Ramaphosa in outlining the significant transformation that South Africa’s mining industry has undergone in the last three decades, after being a pillar of South…
6 Feb 2024 12PM 5 min

Lesaka buys Touchsides from Heineken in taverns push

GUEST - Lincoln Mali – Lesaka SA CEO JSE-listed fintech Lesaka Technologies said on Tuesday that it has bought 100% of  Touchsides , a data analytics and merchant services company, from beverages giant Heineken International. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Lesaka said Touchsides and its own Kazang…
6 Feb 2024 12PM 7 min

MINING INDABA COVERAGE

Thungela Resources CEO – JULY NDLOVU South Africa’s mining industry now 39% black-owned, Mining Indaba hears This has now leapt nearly 20 times higher to approximately 39%, South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted in his well-attended, full-house opening address on day-one of the four-day Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town which is being attended by…
6 Feb 2024 12PM 6 min

How much South Africans are spending on streaming services

GUEST – Ashley Saffy, Business Development Head, FNB Card FNB has revealed that consumer spend on audio and video streaming services such as Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Music, Deezer, Amazon Prime, ShowMax, Netflix and YouTube has increased by roughly 70% from the period before Covid-19 up to end of June…
5 Feb 2024 12PM 8 min

CAREEERS CORNER – Remuneration Predictions for 2024 and Beyond!

GUEST – Dr Mark Bussin is the Executive Chairperson at 21st Century Prediction 1: The World Will See its First Trillionaire As wealth accumulates in unprecedented ways, the prediction of the world's first trillionaire is expected to manifest. This raises questions about income inequality and the ethical distribution of resources…
5 Feb 2024 12PM 17 min

JSE plans to track down beneficiaries of R4.5 Billion unclaimed assets.

GUEST - Vuyo Lee, JSE Director: Marketing & Corporate Affairs The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) plans to launch a nationwide initiative to match claimants with unclaimed dividends. The bourse operator said in a statement on Thursday that the programme follows the issuance of the Financial Sector Conduct Authority's (FSCA) discussion…
5 Feb 2024 12PM 12 min

Vukile sees uptick in mall visits during festive season.

GUEST - Itumeleng Mothibeli, MD Southern Africa Vukile Property Fund Vukile Property Fund’s South African and Spanish retail property portfolios delivered impressive increases in performance in November and December 2023. Locally, all key operating metrics for the festive season were positive and in line with the REIT’s expectations with a…
5 Feb 2024 12PM 8 min

How State insurer, SASRIA assesses election year risks

GUEST – Mpumi Tyikwe - SASRIA CEO Sasria, the state insurer providing cover for riots and public disorder, is in discussions with reinsurers to continue providing grid-collapse cover next year as it keeps an eye on possible social and economic risks in an election year.
1 Feb 2024 12PM 8 min

MultiChoice’s share price surges 24% after R46.5bn buyout offer

GUEST - Mudiwa Gavaza - business writer for the Business Day and Financial Mail French entertainment giant Canal+ wants to take control of MultiChoice, making an offer on Thursday to buy all remaining shares it does not own of the DStv owner. In a letter to the MultiChoice board, Canal+…
1 Feb 2024 12PM 9 min

South Africans are poorer – despite a jump in take-home pay

GUEST - Elize Kruger, an Independent Economist. Despite take-home pay increasing in 2023, South Africans are earning less when accounting for inflation. The BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which measures the average nominal take-home pay among approximately 4 million salary earners in South Africa, ended 2023 at R15,409 This was…
1 Feb 2024 12PM 8 min

EKASINOMICS – Custom crafted high quality leather products business

GUEST – TIhalefang Moeletsi – Founder and Creative Director of Mebala Mebala means colours in Setswana. Their brand seeks to celebrate and elevate African heritage, creativity, and craftsmanship, and ultimately create a positive impact on our environment and communities. They manufacture sustainable and technology-enabled leather products.
31 Jan 2024 12PM 16 min

SA lost over 9,000 us-dollar millionaires in 10 years - BRICS Wealth Report

GUEST – Andrew Amoils, head of research at New World Wealth. The latest BRICS Wealth Report for 2023 shows that South Africa has lost thousands of millionaires over the last ten years – ranking near the bottom of the top BRICS+ countries assessed. According to the report, there are currently…
31 Jan 2024 12PM 17 min

UPDATE - YWBN CFI receives license to register mutual bank.

The Young Women in Business Network (YWBN) says it has taken a major step forward to opening its doors in South Africa as a mutual bank, having now received its mutual banking licence from the South African Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority. First announced back in 2018, YWBN, operating at a…
31 Jan 2024 12PM 25 min

Absa Group confirms expansion into China

GUEST - Cheryl Buss - CEO of Absa International Absa Group is positioning to benefit as private Chinese firms increase their investment in Africa, the head of the bank’s international business. China’s involvement in Africa, for decades defined by large, government loan-backed projects, is undergoing a transformation, Absa International CEO…
31 Jan 2024 12PM 6 min
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