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News headlines:

*Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who was convicted on contempt-of-court charges last week, spent the night in prison after he failed in a last-ditch bid to delay serving his 15-month sentence.

*The National Prosecuting Authority has backtracked on its statement that Interpol had issued red notices for the Gupta family.

*Africa had its worst week of the pandemic, with the number of weekly cases rising 20% as the delta variant spreads across the continent and becomes dominant in most regions.

*Former President Donald Trump is suing Facebook, Twitter, Alphabet’s Google and their chief executives, raising the stakes in his battle against social media giants who have blocked him.

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Piet Viljoen; Denker Capital's Kokkie Kooyman on Nedbank's work from home hybrid model; the Financial Times' Gideon Rachman gives a global view on Zuma's arrest and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

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In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Piet Viljoen; Denker Capital's Kokkie Kooyman on Nedbank's work from home hybrid model; the Financial Times' Gideon Rachman gives a global view on Zuma's arrest and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

News headlines:

*A SHOCKING new report shows a tsunami of illegal tobacco is flooding South Africa as a result of authorities’ failure to act on damning evidence of the world’s biggest black market.

*Steinhoff International, which is still grappling with the consequences of an accounting scandal that wiped out R200bn in shareholder value, says Dublin-based Hamilton has withdrawn an appeal relating to voting procedure in its proposed settlement plan.

*One of the world’s fastest pace of deaths from Covid-19 infections hasn’t been able to trounce widespread hesitancy over vaccines in South Africa.

*South African police plan to arrest former President Jacob Zuma by midnight on Wednesday in the absence of any further instruction from the Constitutional Court, Police Ministry spokeswoman Lirandzu Themba said.

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News headlines:

*A SHOCKING new report shows a tsunami of illegal tobacco is flooding South Africa as a result of authorities’ failure to act on damning evidence of the world’s biggest black market.

*Steinhoff International, which is still grappling with the consequences of an accounting scandal that wiped out R200bn in shareholder value, says Dublin-based Hamilton has withdrawn an appeal relating to voting procedure in its proposed settlement plan.

*One of the world’s fastest pace of deaths from Covid-19 infections hasn’t been able to trounce widespread hesitancy over vaccines in South Africa.

*South African police plan to arrest former President Jacob Zuma by midnight on Wednesday in the absence of any further instruction from the Constitutional Court, Police Ministry spokeswoman Lirandzu Themba said.

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek; Russell Lamberti on his appointment as Sakeliga chief economist; John Robertson on the troubled Zimbabwean economy; Andrea Taverna-Turisan on Equites Attacq and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek; Russell Lamberti on his appointment as Sakeliga chief economist; John Robertson on the troubled Zimbabwean economy; Andrea Taverna-Turisan on Equites Attacq and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

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Logistics and warehousing focused real-estate investment trust (Reit) Equites, the best performing South African listed property company over last three to five years, has acquired logistics properties from Attacq in the Waterfall node. The transaction is complex, however, and the details are explained by Equities chief executive Andrea Taverna-Turisan in the discussion. The Waterfall node is quickly becoming another business hub in the Gauteng region, being a convenient interlink between Johannesburg and Pretoria.

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Logistics and warehousing focused real-estate investment trust (Reit) Equites, the best performing South African listed property company over last three to five years, has acquired logistics properties from Attacq in the Waterfall node. The transaction is complex, however, and the details are explained by Equities chief executive Andrea Taverna-Turisan in the discussion. The Waterfall node is quickly becoming another business hub in the Gauteng region, being a convenient interlink between Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Recently, the Zimbabwean Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, joined the BizNews Power Hour to discuss his role and future plans four the country's economy. While he remained optimistic about Zimbabwe's economic future, there are two sides to every coin. Joining Alec Hogg on the BizNews Power Hour is John Robertson. Now retired, Robertson served as the financial editor of the Rhodesia Herald and worked at a merchant bank in Harare. He gives the other side to the optimistic story that is being propagated. He shares how he's reading the economic recovery of the country.

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