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Steven Nathan on Big Pharma: Aspen and Ascendis
10X founder Steven Nathan shares his pearls of wisdom on interesting developments taking place across local and international markets. Since his departure at 10X at the beginning of the year, Nathan has been on ‘garden leave’, which is a restraint of trade prohibiting him from working in the asset management…
Peter Major on Northam intercepting Impala Platinum's target
Veteran mining analyst Peter Major analyses Royal Bafokeng Platinum’s decision to reject Impala Platinum’s takeover bid, opting for a deal with Northam Platinum instead. In a deal valued at around R17bn, Northam Platinum will buy a third of RBP at R180.50 per share, a 50% premium on its share price…
Exactly 30 years later, cricket insiders share the back story to SA's spectacular return to international sport
This special podcast marks the 30th anniversary of previously isolated South Africa's return to international sport - SA cricket's first ever One Day International played in front of 90,000 fans in Calcutta on 10 November 1991. It features legendary Ali Bacher, former SA cricket captain and long-time driver of the…
The Coalition Dilemma: How not to re-empower a wounded ANC – Dr Piet Croucamp
A flurry of negotiations has taken place over the last couple of days as political parties started coalition talks after the 2021 local government elections resulted in 66 hung councils with the ANC dipping below 50% of voter support for the first time in post-apartheid South Africa. Political analyst, Dr…
BPH 9 Nov: Rational reason for ANC coalition resistance; Nathan on activism; Major on RBH takeover offers; Crypto trade
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Steven Nathan applies his mind to contested takeover bids and shareholder activism; Dr Piet Croukamp explains most why opposition parties are rejecting the ANC - they don't want to risk making the ruling party "look good" ahead of the critical 2024 Election;…
TreasuryOne's Andre Cilliers as the Rand's volatility continues
TreasuryOne's currency expert Andre Cilliers outlines the reasons for the Rand's big swings over the past fortnight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David Shapiro on US giants Moderna and Peloton's fall from grace
As is customary for a Monday, Sasfin Securities David Shapiro gives us his insight on the latest developments taking place across local and international markets. The conversation starts by focusing on the price action in New York, where Moderna and Peloton have nosedived, as the world returns to normality. Shapiro…
BPH 8 Nov: Cape Independence lobby buoyed by Election; Exemplar's rebound from July Riots; Shapiro on Purple boom.
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Cape Independence activist Phil Craig explains how the Local Election results are a major boost for the Cape Independence lobby; SA's favourite stockbroker David Shapiro gets excited about the Purple Group's trading update and assesses the plunging prices of Moderna and Peloton…
Cryptocurrency arbitrage opportunity - Future Forex CEO Harry Scherzer unpacks
CEO of Future Forex Harry Scherzer unpacks a unique cryptocurrency arbitrage opportunity that he and his team use to produce investment returns no matter the movement and volatility of the underlying cryptocurrency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Township property owner Jason McCormick on coming back stronger
Jason McCormick has been a regular BizNews contributor following the July riots. The McCormick family has billions of rand in exposure to rural property developments all across the country. A large portion of their property portfolio is held through listed real estate business Exemplar, which recently announced upbeat financial results…
Dirk Van Vlaanderen of Kagiso Asset Management shares his thoughts on Brait
Dirk Van Vlaanderen of Kagiso Asset Management shares his thoughts on Brait. Their house view is that Brait's intrinsic value is around R7 a share. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Piet Viljoen on MTN as telco giant fires on all cylinders
Counterpoint Value Fund manager Piet Viljoen makes his second appearance for the week on BizNews, days after going head to head with Magnus Heystek in a R500,000 investment challenge. Putting his money where his mouth is, Piet has allocated the full initial investment into the Counterpoint Value Fund. A few…
Hassle-free solar solutions – Director of SolarSaver Stuart Batchelor
South Africans may have become accustomed to the persistent load shedding but it is understandably causing much frustration among citizens, businesses and industry. As a result, attention has shifted towards alternative power sources. BizNews spoke to the director of SolarSaver, a group that was founded on the concept of providing…
How a watertech company cleaned up one of SA’s most polluted dam – Jurgens van Loggenberg, Blue Green Technologies
An Israeli watertech company, Blue Green Technologies, cleaned up the Setumo Dam in the North West Province on the Molopo River of the contaminated toxic algae blooms making its water unsafe to drink. It was basically a dead aquatic zone. The South African Director of Blue Green Technologies, Jurgens van…
BPH 4 Nov: Market insights with Viljoen; BlueGreen aids NW dam; Unravelling BAT’s investigation; BN partner with NOVA FM
In tonight’s episode of the BizNews Power Hour, we kick off a new weekly feature with BizNews's Alec Hogg discussing the top news of the week with Gary Stroebel of Namibia's NOVA FM. Also tonight, Piet Viljoen looks at news from his biggest holding - MTN - and provides insights…
Flash Briefing: 2021 Local Elections to usher in coalitions; coalition politics; Eskom corruption still rife - de Ruyter
News headlines: *With 97% of the ballots counted, the Democratic Alliance and ActionSA, together with support of natural allies, appear to have won sufficient votes to take control of Johannesburg and Tshwane, SA’s commercial heartland and its capital city. *With attention now on political parties forming coalitions, the ANC has…
Net1 bets big on SA informal economy - CEO Chris Meyer on its R3.7bn acquisition of the Connect Group
Nasdaq and JSE-listed financial technology business Net1 Technologies announced a “transformational” deal, acquiring the Connect Group for a whopping R3.7bn. Given that Net1’s market capitalisation stands at around R6bn, the deal is significant and will broaden Net1’s exposure into the South African informal sector. The legacy-stricken business has recently had…
The horse-trading for coalition commences – Political analyst Dr Ralph Mathekga on the likely coalitions
In several European countries, the idea of an outright winner in elections is strange, especially in Italy and Germany. In South Africa, where single parties have loomed large, we are about to enter an era of horse-trading with smaller parties able to punch above their weight. As the results of…
BPH 3 Nov: Corion report; Net1 acquires The Connect Group; The crash of the rhinos; SolarSaver
In tonight’s episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Stuart Batchelor, director of SolarSaver on it’s unique solar solution; David Bacher unpacks the Corion Report for October; Linda van Tilburg spoke to author of The Crash of the Rhinos Ray Dearlove on the Australian Rhino Project; Chief executive of Net1 Chris…
Flash Briefing: Load shedding = SEVERE job shedding in SA; 2021 Local Elections update; Eskom needs R500bn to go green
News headlines: *Economist Mike Schussler says that South Africa’s load shedding problems have cost the country “well over a million jobs”. *Eskom says that it will need between R460bn and R537bn over the next 15 years to transition away from generating electricity from coal. *With over two thirds of the…