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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
2280 – 2300

South Africa’s inflation increases & MPC Preview

Khanyisa Phika – Economist at Alexander Forbes talks about South Africa’s inflation increases & MPC Preview. South Africa’s inflation quickened for the first time in three months on the eve of a widely expected interest-rate hike. The headline consumer-price index rose 7.6% from a year earlier, compared with 7.5% in…
23 Nov 2022 10AM 8 min

Telkom takes a hit as its fixed-line business drags

immy Moyaha. Financial Consultant and Independent market analyst Talks about how Telkom takes a hit as its fixed-line business drags. Telecommunications group Telkom has published its interim results for the six months ending 30 September 2022, showing a big hit to headline earnings over the period. The group reported gross…
23 Nov 2022 10AM 9 min

When can employers legally deduct from or withhold an employee’s pension payout?

Kagiso Lebethe - Senior Employee Relations Specialist talks When can employers legally deduct from or withhold an employee’s pension payout? If an employee causes an employer damage through dishonesty, theft, fraud or misconduct, the South African Pension Funds Act, 1956 provides that the employer may, in certain circumstances, recover losses from…
22 Nov 2022 10AM 19 min

TECH & INNOVATION: Why Africa struggles to move beyond cash

Chantal Maritz, PwC Africa Payments Transformation Leader talks Why Africa struggles to move beyond cash. The survey is a biannual study of consumers’ payment and open banking preferences. For the first time since its inception in 2018, PwC Africa participated in the study. Respondents were interviewed across three key African…
22 Nov 2022 10AM 8 min

IT'S MY HOUSE: The Upside of Interest Rate Increases

Careen McKinnon, representative for Buyers Trust talks The Upside of Interest Rate Increases: Higher Returns on Your Home Loan Deposit. As a potential homebuyer, seeing the ‘upside’ of interest rate increases may seem like an impossible prospect, but the same rate hike that increases the money you owe also increases…
22 Nov 2022 10AM 16 min

Momentum Metropolitan Lesedi Awards

Faeeza Marshman - Winner of the top award at the 2022 Metropolitan Lesedi Awards - the ‘Spirit of Volunteerism’ award. Administration Manager, Momentum Corporate. Employee volunteering is one of Momentum Metropolitan’s Corporate Social Investment’s pillars of focus, with a dynamic staff volunteerism programme (SVP) that provides opportunities and resources for…
22 Nov 2022 10AM 12 min

Omnia reports an exceptional performance for HY2023

Seelan Gobalsamy – Omnia CEO talks Omnia reports. Omnia Holdings Limited (“Omnia” or “the Group”), a JSE-listed diversified chemicals Group, today published its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2022. This exceptional financial performance was achieved despite ongoing international geopolitical conflict and supply chain challenges, which was…
22 Nov 2022 10AM 11 min

Pepkor delivers 16% profit jump despite revenue hit from KZN floods, unrest

Syd Vianello – Retail Analyst talks Pepkor delivers 16% profit jump despite revenue hit from KZN floods, unrest Pepkor, which owns brands such as PEP and Ackermans, managed to deliver a double-digit earnings increase even as the effects of the July 2021 unrest and KwaZulu-Natal flooding hit the group's revenue…
22 Nov 2022 10AM 10 min

42% of South African's Believe It Is OK to Exaggerate Insurance Claims

Gareth Williams- Head of Pre-sales EMEA, FICO talks Exaggerated Insurance Claims Many financial institutions consider their fraud teams to be a necessary overhead to cut fraud losses, but the latest consumer survey from global analytics leader FICO shows that a successful fraud protection function can drive sales and increase revenue…
21 Nov 2022 10AM 7 min

Accelerating Women-Owned Business in Male-Dominated Sectors

Maphefo Sipula, who is the Senior Researcher from eTTP [Entrepreneurship To The Point] talks Accelerating Women-Owned Business in Male-Dominated Sectors. As the country commemorates the 15th annual Global Entrepreneurship Week , Entrepreneurship to the Point (Property Point) launched its first research study titled, “Accelerating Women-Owned Business in Male-Dominated Sectors: A South African Case Study” …
21 Nov 2022 10AM 11 min

WEALTH CREATION: What To Consider When Choosing The Right Financial Planner

Buntu Bam, Financial Consultant at Alexforbes talks about What To Consider When Choosing The Right Financial Planner WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING THE RIGHT FINANCIAL PLANNER   By Buntu Bam, Financial Consultant at Alexforbes  As we journey through life – from our first jobs to marriage and children, retirement and…
21 Nov 2022 10AM 21 min

CAREER'S CORNER: What does it take to create a long-lasting career in TV

Ziphozonke Majola - TV Producer, Director & Founder of Sothar Pictures talks about What does it take to create a long-lasting career in TV Breaking into the Film and Television Industries So you want to be an actor. Or maybe a producer. What about an editor? Here's what you need…
21 Nov 2022 10AM 22 min

Barloword Rallies After Results.

Dominic Sewela - Barloworld CEO talks Barloworld results. Heavy-duty equipment multinational Barloworld says it will unbundle and separately list Zeda, the group’s integrated vehicle mobility solutions provider. Zeda trades under the Avis and Budget brands in South Africa, as well as ten other sub-Saharan African countries. The unbundling will be…
21 Nov 2022 10AM 9 min

PPC ready to respond rapidly to any infrastructure-led uptick in cement demand

Roland van Wijnen – PPC CEO talks infrastructure-led uptick in cement demand Cement producer PPC says it is well positioned to benefit from any uptick in South African cement demand given that it has immediate capacity on standby that will require no additional capital expenditure to reintroduce. However, CEO Roland…
21 Nov 2022 10AM 7 min

Key data suggests SA’s economy has averted a technical recession

South Africa’s economy is likely to have averted a technical recession in the third quarter despite record power outages, key data indicates. Better-than-expected mining and manufacturing output is set to outweigh relatively soft retail sales data, suggesting Africa’s most industrialised economy returned to growth in the third quarter after contracting…
17 Nov 2022 10AM 7 min

Standard Bank Publishes Results Of Second Africa Trade Barometer

Financial services provider Standard Bank this week shared the results of the second edition of its Africa Trade Barometer, which showed that there have been improvements in, for example, business perceptions that the Tanzanian and Ugandan governments are doing more to support trade. Standard Bank Trade and Africa-China head Philip…
17 Nov 2022 10AM 8 min

Department Of Economic Development Last Mile Delivery Programme

Gauteng Department of Economic Development in partnership with Radah Skills and Training Education Training Authority (TETA) will be hosting a graduation for 500 graduates in Pretoria as part of the Township Last Mile Delivery Programme. Various companies in this space have adopted different business models. Companies like Takealot choose to…
17 Nov 2022 10AM 16 min

Fewer than 60% of parents pay their school fees on time in South Africa

Schools in South Africa are warning parents that they are at risk of being ‘blacklisted’ for credit if they fail to pay their children’s school fees. Credit bureau TPN said that fewer than 60% of parents pay their school fees on time in South Africa, with the situation only getting…
17 Nov 2022 10AM 12 min

Life Healthcare group reports strong recovery

Group revenue climbed to R28.2bn, with operating profit increasing to R3.1bn, reflecting strong operational performance in both acute and non-acute businesses. Group chief executive, Peter Wharton-Hood, says: “We demonstrated significant progress this year in executing on our long-term strategy, and we are well-positioned for sustainable growth in 2023 and beyond…
17 Nov 2022 10AM 7 min

PIVOT POINT: CEO Rand Mutual Assurance Life

Having a social impact on people and improving their lives is important for the accountant who initially wanted to be a medical doctor but changed his mind in the second year and enrolled for accounting, and has never looked back. Purpose fuels Adam’s career  coupled with a passion for making…
17 Nov 2022 10AM 18 min
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