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After unpacking Prosus 2% sale of Tencent shares on the BizNews Pour Hour with Piet Viljoen and Magnus Heystek, BizNews founder Alec Hogg asked a number of challenging questions to management, ranging from the possible unbundling of Tencent to the capital allocation decisions following the $14.6bn cash injection.

After unpacking Prosus 2% sale of Tencent shares on the BizNews Pour Hour with Piet Viljoen and Magnus Heystek, BizNews founder Alec Hogg asked a number of challenging questions to management, ranging from the possible unbundling of Tencent to the capital allocation decisions following the $14.6bn cash injection.

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Dr Otto Thaning, a heart surgeon who trained under Chris Barnard, is used to swimming long distances in icy waters. It is not only the waters around Cape Town that he tackles; Dr. Thaning still holds a record he set in 2014 as the oldest human to have swum across the English channel. Now, he has set another record by becoming the oldest person to swim from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand. Paced by Robben island veteran Martin Goodman and supported by members of the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association (including veteran long distance swimmer Lewis Pugh), he crossed the 7.9 km from Robben island across Table Bay in two hours and 52 minutes.  Dr Thaning told BizNews about his latest record and shared some of his secrets to a long, healthy life and career.

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Ryan Rapaport and Simon Pocock

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Dr Otto Thaning, a heart surgeon who trained under Chris Barnard, is used to swimming long distances in icy waters. It is not only the waters around Cape Town that he tackles; Dr. Thaning still holds a record he set in 2014 as the oldest human to have swum across the English channel. Now, he has set another record by becoming the oldest person to swim from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand. Paced by Robben island veteran Martin Goodman and supported by members of the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association (including veteran long distance swimmer Lewis Pugh), he crossed the 7.9 km from Robben island across Table Bay in two hours and 52 minutes.  Dr Thaning told BizNews about his latest record and shared some of his secrets to a long, healthy life and career.

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Ryan Rapaport and Simon Pocock

Gidon Novick is the founder of Lift, South Africa's new low cost airline. He spoke to the BizNews Power Hour on Comair demise and Lift's take off. Gidon told Alec Hogg that the secret to an airlines' success is the culture, making sure that employees are happy at work and giving customers a great experience.

Gidon Novick is the founder of Lift, South Africa's new low cost airline. He spoke to the BizNews Power Hour on Comair demise and Lift's take off. Gidon told Alec Hogg that the secret to an airlines' success is the culture, making sure that employees are happy at work and giving customers a great experience.

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South African multinational Naspers is planning to sell a further 2% of its Tencent shareholding. According to The Wall Street Journal, this will drop their stake from 30.9% to 28.9%. The planned sale sparked a debate on the BizNews Power Hour, with Piet Viljoen concluding that 'a 5% Naspers share price drop shows investors believe the group's managers will waste the money'. Magnus Heystek also contributes to the discussion.

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South African multinational Naspers is planning to sell a further 2% of its Tencent shareholding. According to The Wall Street Journal, this will drop their stake from 30.9% to 28.9%. The planned sale sparked a debate on the BizNews Power Hour, with Piet Viljoen concluding that 'a 5% Naspers share price drop shows investors believe the group's managers will waste the money'. Magnus Heystek also contributes to the discussion.

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek, fund manager Piet Viljoen, Lift founder and serial entrepreneur Gidon Novick, ex-Massmart and Edcon CEO Grant Pattison and Chairman of the Plett Rate Payers Association Peter Gaylard, and the BizNews team.

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek, fund manager Piet Viljoen, Lift founder and serial entrepreneur Gidon Novick, ex-Massmart and Edcon CEO Grant Pattison and Chairman of the Plett Rate Payers Association Peter Gaylard, and the BizNews team.

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