BizNews Radio

The first episode of the new morning briefing for you from BizNews. In this episode you'll get an update on overnight moves in the investment markets; receive all the news you need to prepare for today from the team at the Financial Times of London; hear an excerpt of Alec Hogg's dynamite interview yesterday with billionaire entrepreneur Rob Hersov; and get the back story to yesterday's 20% surge in the Naspers/Prosus share prices.

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Ranmore Fund Management founder Sean Peche has enjoyed a purple patch, correctly forecasting the meltdown in growth stocks and the rebound of the value counters where his portfolios is focused. In this interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews.com he praises the Prosus management for eventually listening to logic, but shakes his head at those now describing Netflix, PayPal and Meta as value stocks.

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In this episode, BizNews founder Alec Hogg sits with Adrian Gardiner, founder of the Mantis Group, and Jeff Clause, CEO of St Francis Links. With the Mantis philosophy of Man And Nature Together Is Sustainable, matched with a beautiful setting, the St Francis Links Villas will cater for a discerning client looking for comfort, views, luxury, security, health and lifestyle choices. Listen to this engaging interview to find out more about the opportunity to enhance the already established and growing choice of residential options at St Francis Links. For more information click here: https://www.biznews.com/st-francis-links-villas

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In September last year, global entrepreneur Rob Hersov rocked South Africa with a hard hitting speech at the BizNews Conference – accusing Corporate SA of being complicit in ANC criminality and incompetence. In this follow up, Hersov says despite the flack he has taken, he stands by every word in that presentation. But says there are some bright lights on the horizon as the country heads towards an ANC-free government in 2024, naming Gayton McKenzie, Herman Mashaba and Chris Pappas among the rising stars.

Watch Hersov's September speech: https://youtu.be/GTObqhi3G0w

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After years of attempting a range of alternatives, Naspers/Prosus has found the key to unlocking the massive discount at which it shares trade. At a telecon today, CEO Bob van Dijk unpacked a fresh strategy that unlocks the group’s previously frozen asset, its 31% holding in Chinese group TenCent. The market celebrated the news, pushing Naspers and Prosus shares up 15%.

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It takes guts to jump into a river to save a drowning woman, especially in the exact spot where somebody had drowned in a similar situation just a few weeks before. But Stellenbosch university alumnus, Brandon Visser, didn’t hesitate when on a training run near London Bridge, in the UK, after running 16km in preparation for a marathon. Visser, who is working in fintech in London, told BizNews.com about what prompted him to jump, his injuries, how people filmed the event instead of helping - and the award he received for his bravery. – Linda van Tilburg

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Ace forensic investigator and founder of Forensics for Justice Paul O'Sullivan spoke to BizNews founder Alec Hogg about the Zondo Commission's investigation officially coming to an end. As is custom, O'Sullivan didn't mince his words and expressed sadness that the Zondo Commission had been given the opportunity to expose the faults of the South African criminal justice system and failed to do so. O'Sullivan is not afraid to name names and does just that in this fascinating interview.

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In this episode of CrypTalk, BizNews' Ross Sinclair speaks with Gaurav Nair of Jaltech, an alternative investment fund, about the creation of Bitcoin, how Bitcoin can be used, and details about this slump in the crypto market related to crashes that have happened before and how the markets rebounded in the past. 

For more information about Jaltech: https://www.biznews.com/jaltech-cryptocurrency-notes

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BizNews A-Plus Show duo Alec Hogg and Michael Appel are back with episode 8 of their weekly round-up of business, investments, news and politics banter you need to know. In focus this episode: Alec unpacks the prevailing bear market, SA's inflation jumps to a five-year high of 6.5%, a sit-down with conservationist and entrepreneur Adrian Gardiner, Zondo closes the State Capture chapter with final reports, Cyril's cash couch headache.

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There is a lot of anxiety in South African at the moment about the future with challenging infrastructure and serious questions are hanging over the man who was supposed to be the corruption-buster, President Cyril Ramaphosa. He has a whole lot of explaining to do about the burglary at his game farm, Phala Phala. Fear about the future is prompting more and more South Africans to look for solutions outside the country which could either be moving elsewhere, or a plan B of investing off-shore, while enjoying the up-side of living in South Africa. Immigration specialists, Sable International’s, Mike Abbott and Tom Barlow have recently toured across the country and have found that there is an increase in the volume and intensity of people looking for other solutions. They told Linda van Tilburg about the importance of making a considered decision- without emotion - before internationalising yourself.

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