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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
1720 – 1740

BUSINESS IN AFRICA – RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE

GUEST – Rutendo Hwindingwi – Africa business specialist Drawing from one of the most famous boxing showdowns in world history in which George Foreman fought Muhammed Ali on Africa solid (Rumble in the Jungle). Dr Rutendo Hwindingwi is able to glean some key nuggets from this fight and how you…
30 Aug 2023 2PM 17 min

GUEST – Lee Naik – CEO of TransUnion Africa

Key findings from the report show that: 1. New vehicle pricing moved from 3.9% in the second quarter of 2022 to 6.7% in the second quarter of 2023, with used car pricing moving from 8.3% to 9.8%. 2. Three-year-old used vehicles saw the biggest increase, with this segment of vehicle…
30 Aug 2023 2PM 9 min

EKASINOMICS – Queen Ndlovu, the swashbuckling founder and CEO of QP Drone Tech

Queen Ndlovu is the CEO and Founder of QP Drone Tech, which offers commercial drone services such as mapping, inspection, disaster management, and surveying to clients in industries such as mines, critical infrastructure, security, and agriculture, among others. She has been in business for 25 years, with portfolios in maritime,…
30 Aug 2023 1PM 12 min

INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS – UIF partners with IDC in R5bn jobs fund

GUEST - Teboho Maruping, UIF Commissioner The UIF has partnered with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to establish a R5 billion UIF Fund II which is being co-managed by the PIC. The IDC has been marketing the fund that focuses on job creation and job retention initiatives by providing senior…
30 Aug 2023 1PM 8 min

Municipal Finance Insights: Municipalities Struggle with Compliance and Reporting

GUEST – Jan Hattingh, Chief Director for Local Government Budget Analysis at Treasury The report begins by highlighting the persistent challenges faced by municipalities, particularly in complying with the Municipal Standard Chart of Account (mSCOA) Regulations. These regulations, instituted in 2014, aim to standardize the recording and classification of municipal…
30 Aug 2023 1PM 11 min

Woolworths turnover up 7% to R85.7Bn, with profit before tax up 29.5% to R6.7Bn

GUEST – Simon Brown – Founder of JustOneLap Woolworths has hiked its full-year dividend payout by more than a third thanks to double-digit earnings growth, with margins picking up even though it experienced some volume pressure in its food and fashion businesses. The JSE-listed retailer, which reported results for the…
30 Aug 2023 1PM 14 min

R2.5 billion Agro-Energy Fund to assist farmers minimize loadshedding impact

GUEST - Minister Thoko Didiza - Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Ms Thoko Didiza, today launched the Agro Energy Fund to assist farmers to alleviate the impact of loadshedding. Earlier this year, in response to the energy challenges…
29 Aug 2023 2PM 12 min

TECH & INNOVATION – EnviAfrica, insurance company for lower-middle class South Africans

GUEST – Lebohang Mehalane - EnviAfrica founder and executive director A black female-owned South African microinsurance company, EnviAfrica Life, launched its first two products: life and funeral cover products aimed at the lower-middle income market. EnviAfrica founder and executive director Lebohang Mehalane told Sunday World that she was looking at…
29 Aug 2023 1PM 12 min

Why exactly is SA struggling to solve its unemployment crisis?

GUEST - Duma Gqubule is research associate at the Social Policy Initiative The fact that more than half of the South African population is under 30 years could be beneficial for the country’s economic growth and development. But South Africa has not been able to reap this demographic dividend. This…
29 Aug 2023 1PM 16 min

FASSET Executive Women Development Programme

GUEST - Ms. Leoni Grobler Director: Executive Education Wits Business School and Ms. Charmaine Houvet, Director IWFSA Wits Business School (WBS), in partnership with the Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (FASSET), is offering senior black female managers in the Finance and Accounting sector the opportunity to…
29 Aug 2023 1PM 19 min

How vaping affects your life insurance.

GUEST – Motshabi Nomvethe, Head of Technical Marketing, Professional Provident Society In most cases, vaping will affect your life insurance in the same way that smoking does. This is because life insurers will see you as having an increased risk of developing a serious illness or dying prematurely. Most people…
28 Aug 2023 1PM 9 min

How grief and other trauma can affect how you manage money

GUEST – Gugu Sidaki – Director and Wealth Manager at Wealth Creed Divorce. Job loss. Business failure. Eviction. Bankruptcy. Poverty. Few people get through life without experiencing a financially traumatic situation of some kind – whether as a child watching your parents go through it or experiencing it yourself as…
28 Aug 2023 1PM 16 min

Invest in your Tomorrow with a MoneyMarket Select

The Standard Bank MoneyMarket Select is a savings account offered by Standard Bank. Unlike notice or fixed deposits, savings accounts allow quick and easy access to your money. MMS is an account that pays interest based on current interest rates in the money markets. The interest rates paid are generally…
28 Aug 2023 1PM 11 min

How minimum wage is strangling agricultural sector growth

GUEST – Johan Wege - Chair of Agri SA's Centre of Excellence: Labour Agri SA said the rapid national minimum wage increase is throttling South Africa’s agricultural sector growth. The organisation said it would be making a submission to Parliament that demonstrates the negative impact of the national minimum wage…
28 Aug 2023 1PM 13 min

Why Transnet is suing SASOL & TotalEnergies for nearly R1.3 Billion.

GUEST – Khaya Sithole – Independent Analyst Transnet is suing energy giants Sasol and TotalEnergies for nearly R1.3bn, accusing the companies of short-paying tariffs due to it, as the fallout from the cancellation of an apartheid-era variation agreement for the transport of crude oil intensifies. The state-owned freight and ports…
28 Aug 2023 1PM 8 min

PIVOT POINT – In conversation with Thokozile Mahlangu, CEO of the Insurance Institute of SA

Thokozile has 20 years experience within the short term insurance market, with experience in claims management, underwriting, sales, marketing and communications and drafting contracts. One of her key strengths is in business growth and nurturing development of skills in others, this strength is reflected in her transformational leadership qualities. Thokozile…
24 Aug 2023 1PM 20 min
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