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Scaling investments in renewable energy...at the right price – Nedbank CIB's Amith Singh
As the expansion of renewable energy generation requires large investments, a sound understanding of the costs and benefits of RE technologies is necessary to effectively decarbonise the power sector on an efficient path. Bronwyn Nielsen spoke to Amith Singh, Head of Energy Finance at Nedbank CIB, about scaling investments in…
Magnus Heystek - Rand's collapse rewarding smart money that listened, punishing amateurs who didn't - and may not be over
Independent financial advisor Magnus Heystek, a long-time advocate of offshore investing, is back in top form after his clients' portfolios have rocketed over the past few weeks as the South African Rand fell sharply. In this podcasted interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews.com, the founder of Brenthurst Wealth unpacks reasons…
BBB Ep 11 - Markets hit hard; Rand above R17/$; Eskom; Mandatory vaccine madness; UK PM frontrunners
With June's inflation data set for release tomorrow, nerves jangled in US stock markets overnight. Sharp declines were recorded as investors fretted about the Fed's ability to engineer a soft landing for the economy while taming inflation with higher interest rates. Bad news, too, out of China this morning. No…
Upcycling masks into sanitary pads – GoDiva’s Maria Horn
Coronavirus waste has become a new form of pollution as personal protective equipment floods our oceans and rivers. It has prompted the World Economic Forum to ask governments to ensure a green recovery that incentivises sustainability. The South African non-profit-organisation, GoDiva, started a project to upcycle masks into sanitary pads,…
Eskom grid ‘unreliable and unpredictable’ - De Ruyter
South Africa faces yet another crippling week of intermittent power supply with Eskom announcing it is unable to match peak demand. Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter hosted a press briefing updating the nation on the electricity crisis. Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa wrote in his newsletter that a comprehensive set of…
Big Pharma is far too cosy with medical schools, researchers, professors – Dr EV Rapiti
While Dr EV Rapiti is largely known as a family physician, over four decades of frontline healthcare experience and his insatiable drive to keep up to date with medical advancements have made him a uniquely qualified medical generalist. Over the last two-and-a-half years, Dr Rapiti personally treated approximately 3,000 Covid-19…
Mandatory vaccine firings - NEASA CEO says corporates like Standard Bank, Discovery "fighting a dead cause"
NEASA's combative CEO Gerhard Papenfus comes out with all guns firing in this feisty conversation on Standard Bank's refusal to back down on its mandatory Covid vaccine policy - an approach which has seen it locking horns with the banking trade union. SASBO has demanded the bank drops its policy,…
Dr Brett Lyndall Singh: rejected by SA only to rise to Forbes Africa’s 30 under 30 list
Some people are fortunate enough to realise their life purpose at a very young age. Dr Brett Lyndall Singh knew he wanted to be a healer when he was in primary school. His failure to resuscitate his ill grandmother during adolescence cemented his drive to acquire the necessary skills to…
BBB Ep 10: Musk dumps Twitter; Rand hits R17; Warnings to SA corporates on remote work and hiring foreigners.
Elon Musk's formal dumping of Twitter on Friday evening may spark a legal battle that could last years - meanwhile the share price has dropped to just over half the level of Musk's proposed takeover offer. Insights on the on-off-off deal from our partners at the Financial Times. Also in…
Opportunities galore in low-risk crypto asset arbitrage – Future Forex's Harry Scherzer
Cryptocurrencies were a brave new system for our evolution from coins and notes to computers or digital transactions but as the Financial Times points out in this article, the system is inherently flawed and “is an object of speculation rather than a store of value.” This speculation has taken cryptocurrencies…
Court finds company's foreign language requirement discriminatory to South Africans
The Western Cape High Court ruled earlier this year that a remittance company - sending cash to African countries predominantly - discriminated against South Africans by requiring job applicants to speak Zimbabwe and Malawi's indigenous languages. Mukuru Financial Services applied to the Employment and Labour Department for certification proving it…
Prof Calie Pistorius: Corporates must approach empIoyee location requirements very differently - or lose their best talent
Heavyweight academic and innovation specialist Prof Calie Pistorius, has been juggling his own tech consulting business with helping the University of Stellenbosch launch its successful online-only engineering management degree - something which would have been inconceivable pre-Covid. In this podcast with BizNews.com's Alec Hogg, the widely travelled former vice chancellor…
Mining maven Major: gold offering great relative value
In this interview from Idaho, mining guru Peter major compares gold against its traditional alternatives - concluding that apart from cash, the yellow metal is offering great value right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BBB Friday 8 July - Shares on best run since March; Peter Major on gold v rest; SA State spied on Greenpeace; Bye-bye BoJo
In this morning's BizNews Breakfast Briefing, our partners at the FT in London are all over Boris Johnson's resignation - and what the UK can expect next. Ahead of that, local and international stock markets lift their heads after 'Golidlocks' unemployment numbers were released last night in the US; mining…
A-Plus Show - Ep 10 - SA's hero Ian Cameron, BoJo resigns, RW Johnson on SA's 'predictable mistakes', Bacher's offshore leaning
BizNews A-Plus Show duo Alec Hogg and Michael Appel are back with episode 10 of their weekly round-up of business, investments, news and politics banter you need to know. In focus this episode: Ian Cameron has become an overnight sensation standing up to Police Minister Bheki Cele; Oxford Don RW…
CrypTalk EP 3 - Ethereum and smart contracts
In this episode of CrypTalk, BizNews' Ross Sinclair speaks with Gaurav Nair of Jaltech, an alternative investment fund, about the Ethereum blockchain, smart contracts, its uses, and how new regulations being introduced will affect investors. For more information about Jaltech: https://www.biznews.com/jaltech-cryptocurrency-notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Zuma's 'rogue' spies infiltrated civil society organisations
A declassified report from within the belly of the State Security Agency (SSA) details how agents infiltrated several civil society organisations in South Africa posing as activists. This was during 2016/17 when former President Jacob Zuma was increasingly besieged with accusations of state capture due to the proximity of himself…
BBB Thursday 7 July - Fed minutes knock shine off stock gains; Rand, Gold fall sharply; Ian Cameron; Charles Savage
In this morning's BizNews Breakfast Briefing - the US stock market was headed for another strong finish until analysts caught fright, interpreting late released minutes from the Fed as interest rates to rise faster and higher despite a negative impact oin the economy. The see-sawing of sentiment took the shine…
The modern milkman is back in the form of Lekke Fresh founder Henk van der Merwe
Some people naturally possess an entrepreneurial flair. Henk van der Merwe, the founder of Lekke Fresh, is one such individual. In 2019, while still a student at Stellenbosch University – driving past the local dairy shop in his old Nissan bakkie, 1996 model – Henk’s idea of becoming the modern…
Meet Ian Cameron, the man who wouldn't cower to Bheki Cele
Community policing activist Ian Cameron - who heads up NGO Action Society - made headlines when cops ejected him from a community meeting in Gugulethu after a war of words with Police Minister Bheki Cele. Cameron told BizNews he was the 13th speaker at the event, where he proceeded to…