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Christo Wiese lifts the bar with Virgin Active
Victoria Ashwin talks to Peter Hayward-Butt, CEO of Ethos Capital, about Brait’s latest reported earnings results. Ethos is contracted by Brait as an investment advisor over a 4-year period that started in March 2020. Its advisory fee is approximately R100m per annum and also has a shareholding in Brait of…
The Noakes Foundation's Dr Georgina on how SA is propagating the wrong diet for rural households
BizNews spoke to Dr Georgina Pujol-Busquets Guillén, who did her PHD in the effect of a low-carbohydrate nutrition education program on dietary choices and metabolic health in women from low-income South African communities. Dr Pujol-Busquets succinctly explained the findings of her study and the deteriorating metabolic health of SA's rural…
The world's biggest 4 day week trial kicks off and could domino to SA - Campaign director, Joe Ryle
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way that people work overnight with many workers keen to continue with working from home. It has also prompted a new look at the five-day work week and whether we can be as productive in a four-day week. In the world’s biggest trial, 70…
Can agriculture be a unifier in SA? Motsepe thinks so...
Billionaire Patrice Motsepe is said to be putting his money where his mouth is in seeking to bridge divides in South Africa, not only between white and black, but between established commercial farming and emerging farmers, in particular. The Motsepe Foundation and Agri SA have come together with the shared…
Dynamite disclosures in 20GB data dump exposes DOH disdain for public consultancy
Of 300 000 public responses to proposed regulations, Department of Health officials read just 132 – and completely ignored the fact that 97% of the submissions were against them. The regulations propose indefinitely imposing mask-wearing; need to provide vaccination certificates for access into SA and large gatherings; and the capping of…
Russia’s ‘Special Military Operation’ - explained in their words
The media landscape has been flooded with soundbites, images, video footage and interviews narrating the undeniable tragedy that continues to unfold in Ukraine. But that deluge of information - in South Africa anyway - has been mostly from Ukrainian and English-speaking Western media outlets. BizNews editor Michael Appel sat down…
Does fat make you fat? Can LCHF bring about diabetes remission? LCHF experts provide insight
Currently, there are both more gyms, and higher obesity levels, than ever before. Something is definitely amiss. The low carbohydrate, high fat diet (LCHF) has been put forward as an antidote to diabetes and other health issues. To delve into LCHF, BizNews spoke to two highly esteemed doctors: Dr Mark…
LCHF – previously 350 pound Dr Tro explains how LCHF did the trick
In this interview with Dr Tro Kalayjian – an obesity medicine physician who is the medical director and founder of Dr Tro’s Medical Weight Loss and Direct Primary Care in New York – he explains the benefits of the LCHF (low-carbohydrate, high-fat) diet so simply that our country’s failure to…
Global markets sink, navigating a bear market
Victoria Ashwin and Sean Peche, portfolio manager and founder of Ranmore Global Equity Management discuss recent global market movements which have left a lot of investors spooked with the S&P down 8.9% in the past 5 days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rand hasn’t crashed yet, but it’s a gloomy picture for consumers – TreasuryONE
The rand slipped to a four-week low with other developing nation currencies earlier this week, ahead of expected interest rate hike announcements by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England to tame rampant inflation. Emerging market stocks also suffered their worst day in over three months amid fears that growth will be impeded…
Apple's expanding ecosystem - a sneak peek
Apple recently hosted the World Wide Developers Conference of 2022, which introduced new technology and software for consumers and developers alike. In this discussion BizNews' Ross Sinclair and Asime Nyide go over the exciting updates coming from Apple. From new IOS designs to Apple's takeover of your car's infotainment and…
CrypTalk ep1 - What is a blockchain, and the introduction of crypto regulations around the world.
In this debut episode of CrypTalk, BizNews' Ross Sinclair speaks with Gaurav Nair of Jaltech, an alternative investment fund, about what a blockchain is, why it is useful, and what the future of the decentralised finance (DeFi) system will look like as regulations are introduced. For more information about Jaltech: https://www.biznews.com/jaltech-cryptocurrency-notes Learn…
Promoting rabbit meat as a healthy alternative
Rabbit meat is a delicacy in many overseas countries and ‘lapin’ in stews is a particular favourite of French chefs. In South Africa, it is not something you often see in a supermarket, but consumers are slowly acquiring a taste for it and overcoming the idea that they are eating…
The Mr Price group posts strong growth with local acquisitions
Alec Abraham, Senior Equity Analyst, at Sasfin Bank chats to Victoria Ashwin about Mr Price’s latest earnings results which highlighted a number of positive trends within their financials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The liquidation of Comair leaves the airline industry shocked
Rampa Rammopo, CEO of Lanseria International Airport, chats to Victoria Ashwin about the impact of Comair announcing its announced liquidation on the industry. Comair is the franchise partner to British Airways and low-cost carrier Kulula. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#FeelGoodFriday - Ninjas in Cape Town...what?
Reinie Swart (28) is the CEO and founder of a company doing good and changing lives. It's that simple. Doing this requires getting their hands dirty. He far prefers the moniker Eco Ninja - also the name of his company - over any stiff corporate label. He and his team…
A-Plus Show Ep 7- Guptas in cuffs, questions about Ramaphosa's stolen millions, Tongaat Hulett's continued catastrophes
BizNews A-Plus Show duo Alec Hogg and Michael Appel are back with episode 7 of their weekly round-up of business, investments, news and politics banter you need to know. In focus this episode: Alec unpacks some of what's emanating from his weekly Boardroom Talk column where he was in discussion…
Grindrod Bank CEO on why merging with African Bank wasn’t a shotgun wedding - will it last?
African Bank has bought Grindrod Bank for R1.5bn, and if you understand the players in the banking sector, you’ll know that this merger doesn’t necessarily make sense on face value. The two banks could not be further apart in their business models: one focused on unsecured lending in the retail…
Gupta arrests - 'I had a smile on my face'
Fugitives from justice in South Africa, Atul and Rajesh Gupta, are in custody following their recent arrest in Dubai after Interpol issued a Red Notice. Veteran journalist Rajesh Sundaram has extensive real-life experience with the infamous Gupta family. He was flown to South Africa to launch the Gupta's television station…
Ketamine shows up Big Pharma treatment of mental health issues
South Africa is facing myriad crises. One of them is depression. Recent statistics indicate that 23 South Africans commit suicide every day and for every person that commits suicide, 10 have attempted it. This is disturbing, on every level. Even Big Pharma’s extensive catalogue of purported ‘cures’ have, evidently, fallen…