The Money Show

• SPAR's continued although the operating settings were difficult, SPAR's ongoing operations had a mixed performance. The Group's ongoing operations in South Africa, Ireland, South West England, and Switzerland had a 7.9% growth in turnover, amounting to R77.2 billion. Inflationary cost pressures and persistently high interest rates have put strain on businesses and consumers alike in all regions. Considering the difficult oper...

• The Group's success was made possible by Premier's unwavering focus on margin management, upskilling our workforce, and optimizing operational efficiencies. Despite financial limitations, Premier has been able to deliver on its investment case with resiliency and dedication to its goal because to R6 billion in capital expenditures over the previous ten years. Premier Group CEO Kobus Gertenbach joins with host Bruce Whitfield ...

• Absa's new Homeowner's Sentiment Index for Q1 2024 reveals an increase in confidence in the South African property market. Nondumiso Ncapai, Head of Product for Absa Home Loans and Dr Andrew Golding who is the Chief executive at the Pam Golding Property Group joins host Bruce Whitfield to tell us more.
• Interim CEO of airline SAA John Lamola recently stated that they are working on a business plan that will ensure all its cas...

• Anthony Thunström, CEO of TFG, discusses the company's annual results with Bruce Whitfield. TFG reported a 22% full year increase in online turnover, amid rising competition from Chinese retailers Shein and Temu. The group announced that online retail sales reached R5.6 billion, accounting for 9.9% of the total retail turnover for the year. This growth in online sales is largely due to the success of their Bash platform in So...

•  Portfolio Manager at VestAct Asset Management, Michael Treherne joins Bruce Whitfield to speak about Nvidia which seems to be stirring the water, we find out what we need to know about this company.
• Sygnia co-founder and CEO Magda Wierzycka tells Bruce Whitfield of how she was affected by a data breach at Discovery Insure. Discovery leaked the personal information of 19 of its customers to phone call scammers, including res...

• Chris Yelland, Energy Analyst and MD at EE Business Intelligence, joins Bruce Whitfield to discuss how The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) is negotiating with authorities to potentially increase the free electricity provided to low-income households. Currently, over 8 million households in South Africa benefit from the free basic electricity (FBE) program, receiving 50 kWh per month. At the end of May, Nersa...

• Old Mutual Chief Group Economist Johann Els and Bruce Whitfield delve into the latest gross domestic product figures that showed 0.1% contraction in the first quarter of 2024 - which was worse than economists expected. 2024 was off to a disastrous start, with local consumer demand weak and mining output shrinking by 2.3 percentage points. Platinum group metals, coal, gold and manganese ore were the worst performers.
  
• Dr R...

•  Advocate Mtho Xulu and host Bruce Whitfield discuss the business sector's plans under South Africa's new coalition government. Business lobby groups stress that politicians must choose between the rule of law with economic growth or undoing recent progress.They highlight the need for job creation, economic growth, and revenue generation.
  
• Razia Khan, Chief Economist at Standard Chartered Bank, Claude de Baissac, CEO of E...

• South Africa's Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep interest rates on hold at 8.25% in their recent gathering, Chief Economist at Stanlib Asset Management, Kevin Lings speaks to Bruce Whitfield to shed light on how regular South Africans are affected.

• Chair of the British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa and Dean and director of Henley Business School Africa, Jon Foster-Pedley joins Bruce Whitf...

• Martin Kingston, Chairman of Business for South Africa (B4SA), discusses the 2024 SA Elections and strained business-government relations with host Bruce Whitfield. Business Leadership SA warned of partnership withdrawal if nationalisation and new taxes are pursued by the ruling coalition. Over 130 CEOs previously committed to aiding the government in addressing critical challenges like electricity, logistics, and crime to bo...

• Sean Summers, CEO of Pick n Pay, discusses the company's financial results with host Bruce Whitfield. Pick n Pay has reported a full-year's loss and has decided to withhold its dividend. The company moved into the red for the 2024 financial year due to a significant trading loss in its Pick n Pay retail segment, which overshadowed the strong performance of its Boxer division.

• Kyle Findlay, researcher and co-f...

• To paint a more vivid picture on Google's announcement to build a new, high capacity subsea cable system that connects Africa and Australia is Founder and Editor at Techcentral Duncan McLeod who speaks to Bruce Whitfield.
• Bruce Whitfield is joined by Estimator at Jacobs Bros Boat Builders ,Taariq Jacobs who takes him on a cruise down memory lane on how him and his brothers started a luxury yacht business and how they have ma...

• Cumesh Moodliar, CEO of Investec Bank joins Bruce Whitfield to peruse through the company's annual financial results. The bank, which has operations in Britain and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, reported a 9.1% increase in full-year profit and declared a final dividend of 19 pence per share.

• Bruce Whitfield  is joined by Anne Bernstein,  Executive Director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise...

• Mining experts and host Bruce Whitfield discuss BHP’s final attempt to acquire Anglo American. The bid was rejected by the mining giant and the state-owned Public Investment Corporation, which owns over 7% of Anglo American. Anglo American Plc’s second-largest shareholder stated that BHP Group’s takeover offer needs a “meaningful revision,” making these public comments just hours before the deadline for BHP to either commit t...

Jonathan Liebmann, co-founder of BlackBrick, is The Money Show's Shapeshifter. He talks with host  Bruce Whitfield about his career and founding BlackBrick, which has quickly become Africa's fastest-growing apartment hotel brand since 2019. With properties in Sandton and Foreshore, and a new hotel in Bedfordview, BlackBrick plans to expand to Gardens by February 2025 and Umhlanga by December 2025, establishing a strong nationwide p...

Peter Wharton-Hood, CEO of Life Healthcare Group, discusses the company's half-year financial results with host Bruce Whitfield. JSE-listed Life Healthcare reported a revenue growth of 7.8%. Headline earnings per share from continuing operations were nearly 30% higher than the corresponding period. The group declared an interim dividend of 19 cents per share, an 11.8% increase from the half-year dividend declared in 2023. 

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