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Unemployment stats: Good news as more than 200 000 jobs gained in SA

Risenga Maluleke - Stats SA statistician-general talks about Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) released the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) on Tuesday for the third quarter of 2022 with a strong and positive outlook. Between the second and third quarter of 2022, 204 000 jobs were gained…

29 Nov 2022 10AM 8 min

ALLAN GRAY FEATURE: Who’s right – personal finance experts or economists?

Earl van Zyl - head of Retail Product Development at Allan Gray talks about Should you start saving for retirement as soon as you start working? Or should you invest in yourself first and focus on retirement planning once your earning potential improves? On the one hand, personal finance experts…

29 Nov 2022 10AM 12 min

ITS MY HOUSE: Cost efficient ways to invest in resourceful security services

George Fitzroy, managing director of security services at Servest talks about the recent release of the quarter two crime statistics 2022/2023, an 18.5% increase has been noted in crimes under sub category aggravated robbery, which saw an rise in the majority of robbery at residential and non-residential premises cases reported to the…

29 Nov 2022 10AM 17 min

Vukile delivers another strong set of half-year results with positive trading

Laurence Rapp, CEO of Vukile Property Fund talks about Vukile Property Fund (JSE: VKE), the specialist retail REIT invested in South Africa and Spain, has reported funds from operations (FFO) of 80.8 cents per share and declared an interim dividend of 47.32 cents per share for the six months ended…

29 Nov 2022 10AM 8 min

African Bank adds over 500,000 new accounts

Kennedy Bungane - African Bank CEO Talks about Banking group African Bank has published its full-year results for the 12 months ending September 2022, reporting a jump in profitability as it continues to expand its transactional base and eyes a big move into the business banking space. The African Bank…

29 Nov 2022 10AM 10 min

WEALTH CREATION: How To Buy Life Insurance If You Are A Self Employed Worker

Eunice Sibiya -Independent Financial Educator. Freelancing is becoming a viable career for many Americans, but there’s a sacrifice when it comes to self-employment and insurance for freelancers: there are typically no benefits. When you freelance, you work for yourself, which has some advantages, but it typically means that you are providing your own benefits as well…

28 Nov 2022 10AM 15 min

CAREER'S CORNER: What It Takes To Become A Successful Business Consultant

Kamen Govender - Management Consulting professional with 20-years of experience. Considering that November is entrepreneurs month, 25 years ago, Isaac Shongwe and Derek Thomas started Letsema Consulting, a consulting business that sought to help South African business and the public sector compete on a global scale. Consulting the on state capture commission,…

28 Nov 2022 10AM 17 min

FNB customers spent R3 billion on Black Friday

Ashley Saffy, Head of Business Development at FNB Card. Banking group FNB says that its customers spent a record R3 billion on Black Friday 2022 – with most shoppers heading out to physical stores to grab deals. The bank said that this is the highest Black Friday spending it has…

28 Nov 2022 10AM 8 min

Avis owner expects R4.5 billion valuation when it lists on JSE

Ramasela Ganda - Zeda CEO. Barloworld Ltd.’s car-rental business, which will be carved out and listed in Johannesburg next month, will have a valuation of about 4.5 billion rand ($260 million), the unit’s chief executive officer said. Barloworld has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to advise the diversified South African…

28 Nov 2022 10AM 12 min

Why wait till Grade 8?

Dr Marlena Kruger, digital wellness coach and founder of the Technolife Wise Foundation. The Technolife Wise Foundation recently launched the “Active Digital Wellness” initiative in collaboration with the Roosevelt High School in Johannesburg.  The goal of the programme is to encourage parents to say yes to wait till Grade 8 or…

28 Nov 2022 10AM 6 min

Overcoming threat to employability | How to ensure future employability

Dr Hendrik Botha, Head of Institution at Boston City Campus. Seismic shifts in the ubiquitous digitised workplace are seeing reverberations across sectors, translating into new jobs being created daily while others become obsolete. In this ever changing environment it becomes vital to strategically choose a career with sufficient scope for…

28 Nov 2022 10AM 14 min

Digital Innovation for SA Businesses

Pascalle Albrecht - National Head of Commercial Card Issuing and Card Acquiring Strategy About the spokesperson: I have been with Nedbank for 6 years, and have been in the Commercial Card business since I joined in various different roles. However, my current role covers both the Commercial card and Card…

24 Nov 2022 10AM 7 min

Mid-Term Budget Speech (Gauteng Department of Finance)

Jacob Mmamabolo - MEC for Department of Finance. MEC Jacob Mamabolo adds R2.4 billion to fund Gauteng’s priorities Finance MEC Jacob Mamabolo today increased Gauteng’s budget for this financial year by R2.4 billion, saying the money will be used to improve the lives of people in townships, informal settlements and…

24 Nov 2022 10AM 16 min

INSIDE YOUR POCKET: Overcoming the low-cost mentality during Black Friday

Brett Lindsay, Digital Philosopher & MD at BIGBrave Strategic Design Firm As Black Friday approaches, there seems to be this low-cost mentality in society. We are all cognisant of the fact that times have certainly been tough over the past two years, and the uncertainty it has caused this year…

24 Nov 2022 10AM 10 min

PIVOT POINT: Muitheri Wahome is the founder of the Asset Management Research I

Muitheri Wahome is the founder of the Asset Management Research Institute. Muitheri Wahome is the founder of the Asset Management Research Institute. She is a financial services professional with over 23 years of experience and a deep interest in financial inclusion and the history and lore of the asset management…

24 Nov 2022 10AM 20 min

Black Friday survey: online spend likely to triple over last year

Paul Behrmann, CEO of Payflex Black Friday survey: online spend likely to triple over last year   Tuesday, 22 November 2022:  Just over 90% of SA buy now pay later (BNPL) customers plan to spend more online this festive season than last year, while 78% plan to shop on Black Friday. This is…

24 Nov 2022 10AM 8 min

Another jumbo interest rate hike announced

Professor Bonke Dumisa - Independent economic analyst Interest rates are now at their highest level since 2016 after the SA Reserve Bank hiked rates by 75 basis points, for the third meeting in a row. Three members of the monetary policy committee voted in favour of the 75 basis point…

24 Nov 2022 10AM 12 min

EKASINOMICS: A new swimming school in Orlando East is offering hope.

Tumi Masekela – founder of Soweto Swim School talks about a new swimming school in Orlando east. Swim School Soweto, a registered school based in Orlando East was founded by Tumi and has been in operation since November 7, 2020. Parents with children as young as 2 years old, adults and senior…

23 Nov 2022 10AM 12 min

Castle Lager #KeepItWithin Media Launch

Wendy Bedforth – Brand Director Castle Lager talks to us about Castle Lager #KeepItWithin Media Launch with South African Entrepreneurs: -Thabelo Raphala I MD OF MY DOUGH ACADEMY -Lekau Sehoana I Founder of drip SA -Mfundo Mbeki – Co- founder of Rands CPT -Aubrey Koma Aubtec Kitchen & Tinny Nkuna…

23 Nov 2022 10AM 41 min

Thrive App: Increase Awareness and Engagement?

The THRIVE app founder and CEO, Khetha Mazibuko joins Gugulethu Mfuphi to unpack the following: -What are the big trends in the main market when it comes to promotion? -Who is leading really promoting and driving their brand? -What practical things can brands in the township do to increase awareness…

23 Nov 2022 10AM 10 min