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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
3620 – 3640

Inside Your Business

When the Covid-19 hard lockdown at the end of March 2020 abruptly closed small-business owner Letlhogonolo Motseeng’s Soweto chicken restaurant after less than a year of operation, he gave away all his stock to stop it from spoiling, and gave up his flat, sold much of his furniture and slept…
25 Aug 2021 9AM 11 min

Revised GDP Data For SA: Stats SA

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has published updated estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Africa, following a comprehensive rebasing of the data. The stats body said this is in line with international best practices to periodically review and update the estimates of the size, structure and performance of…
25 Aug 2021 9AM 8 min

Biotech Industry In SA

The 2021 Convention happens in a world that is badly scarred by the Covid pandemic. As if that was not enough, as Vaccines start to make a breakthrough in terms of giving hope to humanity, the global North-South divide of the have and have nots rears its ugly head again.
24 Aug 2021 10AM 9 min

Life Insurers Report Significant Increases In Funeral Insurance Fraud For 2020

South African life insurers reported a 12% increase in fraudulent and dishonest claims across all lines of risk business in 2020 when compared to 2019. The 2020 fraudulent and dishonest claims statistics, released this week by the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA), show that last year 3…
24 Aug 2021 10AM 5 min

Greyhound Bus And Citiliner Brands Under Auction

The Greyhound Bus and Citiliner Brands will go under the hammer of Van’s Auctioneers, with the buses, trailers, local route permits and brand assets up for auction in one of the largest online auctions of its kind in the passenger transport sector. The public sale of brand assets is a…
24 Aug 2021 10AM 8 min

It’s My House: Buy An Unrenovated House Or Not?

Tackling a property in need of renovation will require patience, time and of course, money. But whether it's a financial investment or to create your perfect home, it can all be worth it. However, with any project requiring budget management and large time scales, you will have to weigh up…
24 Aug 2021 10AM 25 min

Unemployment Rate Hits 34.4%

With the latest breaking news today from Stats SA that our unemployment rate hits 34.4% for the second quarter of 2021, the question is what needs to be done as a matter of urgency to accelerate job creation in our country. SA’s alarming unemployment rate is a long time coming…
24 Aug 2021 9AM 17 min

Careers Corner: How To Deal With A Dishonest Co-Worker

Have you ever dealt with a colleague and deep inside you knew they are not telling the truth? They did not send the report and now it is affecting your reputation. How do you deal with lying that affects you?
23 Aug 2021 10AM 6 min

Moms Battle Bias When Resuming Careers

Businesses looking to resolve gender imbalance in the workplace could be losing up to 60% of their female talent due to hiring managers negative perceptions of the commitment and competence of women who take a career break to be stay-at-home mothers in their children’s formative years.
23 Aug 2021 10AM 19 min

Wealth Creation

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has suspended the exchange licence of stock exchange, ZAR X, over liquidity and capital adequacy concerns. The suspension has been in effect since Friday (20 August), and the exchange has three months to get its affairs in order or face having its licence cancelled.
23 Aug 2021 9AM 13 min

New Social Security Proposals Unrealistic

While Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu’s proposals to overhaul the country’s social security system shows willingness from government to address the fact that millions of South Africans find themselves in dire straits at retirement or after a life-changing event, it is poor timing, says Debt Rescue CEO Neil Roets.
23 Aug 2021 9AM 7 min

Inside Your Pocket: Wine Sales

At the end of June Cyril Ramaphosa introduced another ban on alcohol sales for 14 days . The restriction was due to end on 12 July, but was extended for two more weeks as coronavirus cases continued to rise. As of 25 July retailers are now allowed to sell alcohol…
19 Aug 2021 10AM 9 min

Bizz Lifestyle

Studies have concluded that men tend to have higher self‐confidence than women and that this affects their entrepreneurial intentions. However, little is known about how self‐confidence affects entrepreneurs in their start‐up decision, career and even less is understood about how it affects entrepreneurs' decisions and actions in their ongoing business.
19 Aug 2021 10AM 19 min

Inside Your Pocket: Tips To Help You Get The Most Suitable Credit For Your Needs

Access to credit is very important as it allows consumers to buy goods that they cannot necessarily buy with one month’s salary. Having access to credit also allows consumers to start small businesses. This not only benefits individual consumers, access to credit also helps the economy of a country to…
19 Aug 2021 10AM 17 min

The Pivot Point

Nsovo Manganyi is a full-stack software developer at Yoco, hitting her six-month mark at the company this/next month. While she admits this role and area is still very much a man's world, she believes the brain has no gender and the capability to think is given to everyone who has…
19 Aug 2021 9AM 12 min

Kulula.Com & British Airways To Restart Flights

If all goes according to plan, Comair, which operates kulula.com as well as British Airways domestically, plans to restart flights in September, its business rescue practitioners said on Thursday. In a status report to affected persons dated 31 July and seen by Fin24, rescue practitioners Richard Ferguson and Neil Hablutzel…
19 Aug 2021 9AM 6 min

South African Economy Is Losing Over Millions Every Week

A new study from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) shows that the South African economy is losing over R180 million every week it remains on the UK’s ‘red list’ for travel. All UK travellers, regardless of their vaccine status, travelling to countries on the ‘red list’ are required…
19 Aug 2021 9AM 8 min

Ekasinomics: ThaPlanka

ThaPlanka was established in 2020 by Thabang Shiners who is self-taught carpenter by watching videos, when he started Thaplanka, he did not know how to use a circular saw,angle grinder, jigsaw and others but he managed through the use of online resources hence our motto is NO RISK, NO STORY.
18 Aug 2021 10AM 10 min
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