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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
1820 – 1840

Attacks on trucks spread in SA as police plan response

GUEST – Mary Phadi – President of the Truckers Association of SA Unidentified assailants attacked freight trucks on South Africa’s roads for a fourth straight day as lawmakers urged the police to take urgent action to stop the violence. Four trucks are on fire on the N2 highway in the…
12 Jul 2023 1PM 8 min

Botswana hosts business, political leaders for US-Africa Business Summit

GUEST – Godfrey Mutizwa – Godfrey Mutizwa is Editor-in-Chief for CNBC Africa The US Africa Business Summit took off today in Gaborone, with over 1,200 delegates registered and the promise of deals being made across various economic sectors. The summits, organised by the Corporate Council on Africa - a trade…
12 Jul 2023 1PM 9 min

Businessman builds state-of-the-art ECD Centre

GUEST – Patilizwe “Pat” Mdoda – Businessman Retired businessman, Patilizwe “Pat” Mdoda, says that although his children went to prominent schools in the Gauteng province, it has always been his dream to build a school on a par with those, in terms of infrastructure, in his home village of Ncembu…
11 Jul 2023 1PM 14 min

South Africa’s constant SOE bailout crisis

GUEST – Jones Gondo, Senior Research Analyst at Nedbank & Israel Noko, CEO of NPI governance consulting The South African Post Office (SAPO) may have been saved from provisional liquidation and, instead, been put into business rescue, but it is by no means out of the woods. Should the state-owned…
11 Jul 2023 1PM 12 min

Why SA’s loyalty programmes are among the best in the world?

GUEST – Amanda Cromhout - CEO of Truth Cell The loyalty industry is growing in leaps and bounds in South Africa after the explosion of more retailers offering these in the last four years, and more consumers are taking these up to either save or get money back to help…
10 Jul 2023 1PM 10 min

Concerning rise in murder and mental health claims, says life insurer Momentum.

GUEST – George Kolbe, Head of Life Insurance Marketing at Momentum Cardiovascular diseases reclaimed a previously held position as the leading cause of death claims for Momentum in 2022, but the life insurer has also seen a concerning rise in unnatural deaths, notably murder, especially among men. Announcing its 2022…
10 Jul 2023 1PM 15 min

Certain sectors of the South African economy set to benefit from a weaker rand

GUEST – Harry Scherzer, CEO, Future Forex For most ordinary South Africans, the declining value of the rand over the past few years has been a big negative. It’s meant that everything from petrol to cars, electronics, and even your favourite sunglasses have gotten more expensive. There are, however, a…
10 Jul 2023 1PM 12 min

Things people don’t realise count as insurance fraud.

GUEST – Ernest North, co-founder at digital insurance platform, Naked Insurance fraud. The words probably make you think about criminal syndicates staging vehicle crashes or people faking their deaths to get multimillion rand pay-outs. While these incidents dominate newspaper headlines, they form only a portion of the estimated R6 billion…
5 Jul 2023 2PM 12 min

EKASINOMICS - Simunye Livestock comes to rescue of stokvels, nationwide

GUEST – Tsakani Kevin Khoza - Simunye Livestock founder When Tsakani Kevin Khoza realised that he was selling cows to the same clients who had bereavements almost every second week, he thought it must be costly for them and decided to create packages to ease the burden. Not only did…
5 Jul 2023 2PM 10 min

LEGALLY SPEAKING: Is South Africa experiencing a tax revolt?

GUEST – Jashwin Baijoo, Head of Strategic Engagement and Compliance at Tax Consulting SA For some time now, there has been murmurs of a tax revolt amongst South African taxpayers. For too many reasons to mention, South African taxpayers, sometimes publicly, contemplate the notion of disregarding their tax obligations. The…
5 Jul 2023 2PM 14 min

BANYANA BANYANA SAGA – The economics of women's sport

GUEST – Mpho Mapoi – KAYANews Sports Reporter & Groovin Nchabeleng - Chairperson of the Black Agencies Network Association (BANA) S Some years ago, women's sport sponsorship made up only 0.4 % of total sports sponsorship and a mere 7% of total sports coverage, according to the Women in Sport…
5 Jul 2023 2PM 21 min

Rates are crippling businesses in South Africa – and consumers are paying the price

GUEST – Waldo Marcus, head of marketing at TPN Credit Bureau Commercial property landlords face mounting municipal costs – including rates, taxes and metered utility costs – which are often passed on to consumers through higher prices. The TPN Credit Bureau’s latest Rental Monitor Report for the first quarter of…
4 Jul 2023 2PM 15 min

SAVINGS MONTH - School fees hacks for parents

GUEST – Simon Brown – Founder of JustOneLap First, there are school uniforms and stationery to be bought, which can cost a packet even before school fees need to be paid. These will mostly be a monthly commitment, but many schools offer a discount if you pay the full year’s…
4 Jul 2023 2PM 12 min

SOCIAL UNREST – Is SASRIA ready for the next potential social unrest?

GUEST – Muzi Dladla - Sasria executive manager for stakeholder management As eonomists and business leaders raise concerns about about a potential social unrest and riots on the back of elevated interest rates, inflation and load-shedding, we speak to Sasria executive manager for stakeholder management, Muzi Dladla to find out…
4 Jul 2023 2PM 7 min

Moti Group dealt a blow with gag order against amaBhungane overturned

GUEST – Dondo Mogajane - CEO of the Moti Group Caroline James - AmaBhungane Advocacy Co-oordinator The Moti Group's clandestine High Court application to gag amaBhungane journalists from reporting on leaked files and forcing the media house to return the trove of documents was an egregious abuse of court processes…
4 Jul 2023 2PM 8 min
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