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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
1480 – 1500

Anglo American shares suffer biggest one-day fall since financial crisis

GUEST - Peter Major, director of mining at Modern Corporate Solutions ANGLO American has reduced capital expenditure across its operations by $200 million (R3.79 billion) after cutting production at Kumba Iron Ore and moving to only one plant at the Los Bronces copper mine in Chile as it pursues lower…
11 Dec 2023 12PM 8 min

SA Post Office to go on ahead with rescue plan despite job losses

GUEST - Anoosh Rooplal SAPO’s Business Rescue Practitioner The South African Post Office (Sapo) business rescue plan has been endorsed by creditors, receiving the majority vote following the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) meeting with creditors on Thursday. However, the plan comes with substantial job cuts. The joint BRPs – Anoosh…
11 Dec 2023 12PM 12 min

What criteria did ESKOM use when seeking a new CEO?

GUEST – Mteto Nyati – ESKOM Chairperson Daniel Leseja Marokane has been appointed as chief executive officer of Eskom. ESKOM Chairperson, Mteto Nyati joins us to reflect on the new ESKOM CEO appointment.
11 Dec 2023 12PM 9 min

INTERVIEW - Residential rental vacancies at 6-year low

GUEST - Waldo Marcus, Industry Principal at TPN Credit Bureau Demand for residential rental property remains strong with residential rental vacancies nationally declining to 6.76% in the third quarter of 2023, the lowest quarter since 2017, according to the latest TPN Credit Bureau Vacancy Survey Report. Year-on-year, overall vacancies have…
7 Dec 2023 12PM 14 min

Consumers displaying more positive sentiments

Consumers displaying more positive sentiments GUEST - Rodger George, Consumer Industry Leader at Deloitte Africa The report indicates: - Affordability remains the most significant barrier to leisure travel in South Africa. - Consumers are still engaging in cost saving behaviours as cost of living continues to rise. - 47% of…
7 Dec 2023 12PM 10 min

Old Mutual settles disputes with employees dismissed during Covid-19 pandemic

GUEST - Celiwe Ross, Director of Group Strategy, Sustainability, People and Public Affairs AND Kagiso Lebethe - Senior Employee Relations Specialist Old Mutual confirms it has reached an amicable agreement with former employees who were dismissed during the height of the Covid-19 crisis, in the wake of the declaration of…
7 Dec 2023 12PM 17 min

Festive gifting trends: What products do we buy the most?

GUEST – Andrew Fulton, Director at Eighty20 Eighty20, South Africa’s leading consumer analytics and research business unwraps how shopping behaviour has changed over the past year across retail categories. According to MAPS research, top findings reveal significant shifts in consumer behaviour towards value-centric offerings in South Africa as the reality…
6 Dec 2023 12PM 5 min

2023 Economic year wrap according to SA’s Consumer Goods Council

GUEST - Zinhle Tyikwe – CEO of Consumer Goods Council of South Africa South African manufacturers and retailers of food and other essential products warned on Wednesday that consumers will face much higher prices unless the government urgently finds solutions to the power cuts that are crippling the economy. Food,…
6 Dec 2023 12PM 23 min

SA government owes suppliers R11.1 billion – Says Public Service Commission.

GUEST - Vusumuzi Mavuso a Commissioner at the Public Service Commission The Public Service Commission (PSC) says the late and non-payment of suppliers remains a serious problem which needs to be addressed by government. The PSC released its quarterly Pulse of the Public Service bulletin in Pretoria on Tuesday. The…
6 Dec 2023 12PM 6 min

Warning over jobs bloodbath in one of South Africa’s automotive sector

GUEST - Renai Moothilal, CEO of National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers [NAACAM] South Africa’s shift towards helping manufacturers participate in the global move to electric vehicles (EVs) is a double-edged sword, threatening over 100,000 jobs in the country if policymakers don’t tread lightly.
6 Dec 2023 12PM 8 min

TymeBank plans to list in the next few years.

GUEST – Cheslyn Jacobs, TymeBank’s Chief Commercial Officer. Digital banking group TymeBank is considering listing on various stock exchanges, including the JSE, within the next five years as its valuation is nearing R20 billion.
6 Dec 2023 12PM 11 min

JSE’s plan to stem delistings and volume decline

GUEST – Sam Mokorosi - Head of origination and deals at the JSE The JSE Ltd. is trying to make it easier for companies to list on the exchange and encourage them to stay listed while also increasing the liquidity of small-cap stocks and ramping up its unlisted fundraising. This…
4 Dec 2023 12PM 10 min

How Kauai became the SA’s largest first quick service restaurant

GUEST – Geli Briolas, COO of Kauai They were the first quick service restaurant (QSR) to introduce health-conscious smoothies to South Africa and, Kauai has gone on to now sell more than 7 million smoothies annually since their launch in 1995. Based on the notion that healthy eating is not…
30 Nov 2023 12PM 9 min

RAF prevents R2.6bn in fraudulent claims over past three years

GUEST – McIntosh Polela - RAF spokesperson The Road Accident Fund (RAF) says it has managed to clamp down on fraudulent claims of over R2.6 billion over the last three financial years. This achievement is a result of the sterling work done by the fund's Forensic Investigation Department. RAF spokesperson…
30 Nov 2023 12PM 8 min

EasyEquities Group now servicing 2.06 million clients.

EASYEQUITIES GROUP HIGHLIGHTS • EasyEquities Group revenue increased by 11.1% to R237.8 million, from R214.0 million in the prior year; • Registered clients increased by 18% to 2.06 million, compared to 1.75 million in the prior year; • Active clients increased by 17.5% to 897,940, compared to 763,907 in the…
30 Nov 2023 12PM 10 min
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