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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
2640 – 2660

Embattled Massmart expects bigger headline losses.

Struggling JSE-listed retailer and distributor of consumer goods Massmart says it expects a 51% decline in headline earnings for the 26-week period ended June 26. This will translate to a potential loss of R974.9 million, compared with the R645.4 million loss in the previous comparable period.
1 Aug 2022 11PM 10 min

SA suspends anti-dumping duties on poultry imports.

South Africa is set to suspend the imposition of anti-dumping duties on chicken imports from Brazil and four European Union countries – Denmark, Ireland, Poland and Spain – for at least a year, in order to protect consumers’ pockets amid high food prices. The SA Meat Importers and Exporters Association…
1 Aug 2022 11PM 9 min

The gender pay gap contributes to underinsurance in women.

South Africa, 1 August 2022: More than a third of women (35%) cite income as their greatest asset (versus 22% of men), yet only 16% have income protection compared to 20% of men. This comes from Sanlam Individual Life’s recent survey of over 900 South Africans, which highlighted the insurance…
1 Aug 2022 11PM 16 min

ITS MY HOUSE: The property trend among SA’s middle class.

The recent steep hike of 75 basis points in the South African Reserve Bank’s repurchase rate and subsequent rise in the prime lending rate to 9% is significant for consumers and the remainder of this year will be tough for many South Africans as they struggle to cover household expenses…
1 Aug 2022 11PM 19 min

Alumo Energy: worry about solar quality installs, rather than levy rumours.

Rumours of a special new R938 levy to be imposed on electricity consumers that have installed a solar system are misleading, says solar power and battery back-up solutions provider Alumo Energy MD Rein Henkemans. He says there is no proposed special levy for solar users, but instead, Eskom has applied…
1 Aug 2022 11PM 13 min

Tech & Innovation - Tshimologong to launch video game incubation hub in SA.

In a statement, Tshimologong says South Africa has the fastest-growing gaming industry in Africa and the country’s most innovative gaming start-ups are focusing on profiting from the industry boom. The Tshimologong Incubation Hub will target mid-level to experienced game developers and support them in developing either their new or existing…
1 Aug 2022 11PM 8 min

Nedbank sees SA clean energy loans jump to R50bn.

Nedbank wants to almost double its lending to green energy projects in South Africa over the next two years as it seeks to cement its position as a market leader in funding renewable power projects. The bank’s lending toward the government’s Renewable Independent Power Producer Program — aimed at boosting…
1 Aug 2022 12AM 12 min

WEALTH CREATION: Equal pay but unequal taxes – SA women are being taxed more.

South Africa’s working women have made progress in achieving equal pay for equal work, but the financial scales are tipped against them by the country’s tax system that treats women and men equally, but with unequal results. Applying affirmative action to tax laws, to redress the disproportionate impact of VAT…
1 Aug 2022 12AM 11 min

CAREERS CORNER: Social Media and Influencer Legal Services.

In 2022, even the most pessimistic advertiser is unlikely to bet on the fact that the rise in popularity of the influencer industry is going to dissipate anytime soon. Companies are increasingly turning to social media influencers of different backgrounds and followings to market their products, campaigns and companies. One…
1 Aug 2022 12AM 15 min

A new online bartering platform, CirculateIt launches in South Africa.

New online bartering platform, CirculateIt launched on the 4th of July 2022. CirculateIt is a platform created to make life easy and convenient for people to exchange goods and services without using money in the process. The brand name says it all “Circulate it” – encouraging people to ‘circulate’ their…
1 Aug 2022 12AM 8 min

SA’s largest grocers try to shield consumers from rising food prices.

South Africa’s major JSE-listed food retailers are continuing to play a part in trying to shield already compromised consumers from spiking food costs by keeping internal food inflation levels low. Shoprite Group, Pick n Pay and Woolworths, in trading updates released on Tuesday, reported maintaining internal selling price movements below…
27 Jul 2022 3AM 11 min

Businesses not meeting transformation targets in South Africa – report.

Businesses are not meeting their B-BBEE scorecard targets, collectively achieving only an average of 87.16% of their contribution targets, according to the 2022 Sanlam Gauge Report. control poses the biggest challenge to the newly reconstituted B-BBEE Advisory Council, achieving only 55.9% of its target in this year’s report. Enterprise and…
27 Jul 2022 3AM 9 min

INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS: The state of design, architecture & opportunities in SA.

Juliet Kavishe is a Professional Interior Architect and alumnus of the University Of Pretoria, South Africa. Her education was further bolstered by a traineeship focusing on bridging the gap between spatial design and curatorship of artworks at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. Over the course of a career spanning 13 years…
27 Jul 2022 3AM 13 min

LEGALLY SPEAKING – Legal duty of care owed by taverns to customers.

Most taverns are notoriously known for their unsafety and violent activities. Serious assaults, bar fights, and sometimes deaths are not unheard of in taverns. Most societies have come to accept such occurrences at taverns. As a consequence of this acceptance, most incidents are not reported. In recent weeks, South Africa…
27 Jul 2022 3AM 17 min

EKASINOMICS - Asonele Gevenga’s business helps students build a credit history.

Students will agree that building a good credit record while studying towards a degree is virtually impossible. Yet, it’s a fundamental requirement for life after university. Because Fleeker Finance understands this, the student led registered credit provider has centred its innovative business model around it. Headed by Asonele Gevenga, a…
27 Jul 2022 3AM 15 min

SA motorists, transport operators ‘will be hardest hit by proposed tyre duties’

Importers have warned of much pricier tyres in South Africa if an application to impose anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese imports succeed. The SA Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) – which represents Continental, Bridgestone, Goodyear and Sumitomo – has applied to the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) for anti-dumping…
27 Jul 2022 2AM 8 min

Tech & Innovation - Friends of Free Internet demand ‘mahala’ internet in SA.

People’s Media Consortium and Yetu Infotech Collective, along with representatives of over 80 civil society organisations, earlier this month gathered to launch the Friends of Free Internet campaign. The campaigners are advocating for a communication commons that is “free as in Mahala and free as in freedom” in South Africa…
26 Jul 2022 1AM 7 min

OR Tambo Special Economic Zone, & the benefits it presents for economic growth.

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) were adopted relatively late in Africa and most African countries did not operationalize their programmes until the 1990s or 2000s. By 2021, there were 203 operating zones on the Continent and a further 73 under development. SEZs are well developed across the continent and are present…
26 Jul 2022 1AM 15 min
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