South Africa has joined many other countries tightening regulation on digital assets. This comes as the Financial Sector Conduct Authority declared cryptocurrencies as financial products. Business Day TV discussed what this means for the industry with the Head of Legal at Luno, Paul Harker.

Afrimat has reported a 7.2% rise in revenue, but this did not translate into its bottom line as headline earnings per share declined by 14.2%. The building materials and mining group says during the interim period it had to deal with lower iron ore prices, the economic slowdown and increased input costs. Despite this, its kept its dividend unchanged at 40 cents per share. Business Day TV unpacked the results with CEO, Andries van Heerden.

Technology firm EOH has narrowed its annual headline loss per share to 18 cents. Business Day TV spoke to EOH CEO Stephen Van Coller for insight into the improvements at the company that are translating into balance sheet gains.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has tabled his medium-term budget policy statement, which made clear that long-term economic growth expectations still remain bleak. Business Day TV explored the budget statement in greater detail with Gina Schoeman, Economist at Citibank.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has ditched the initial tough love approach when it comes to dealing with state owned enterprises. That's as government used its improved fiscal position to bailout the likes of Sanral, Transnet and Denel. The minister in the meantime did not grant Eskom more funding, but government has agreed to take on a large sum of its debt. Business Day TV spoke to treasury's acting deputy general, Ismail Momoniat for insight into Treasury's thinking around the MTBPS.

Better-than-expected revenue collection from businesses and South African citizens has given government's coffers a boost, with the gross tax revenue estimate revised up by R83.5bn. Business Day TV spoke to Sars Commissioner, Edward Kieswetter for more detail.

Just weeks ahead of a crucial shareholder vote, Gold Fields is talking shop to try win more support for its proposed takeover of Yamana Gold. This comes as some investors have expressed concern about the transaction, saying its too expensive. Business Day TV spoke to Mining Analyst at Mergence Corporate Solutions, Peter Major for his take on the proposed deal and Gold Field's logic.

The Land Bank has resumed lending to the agricultural sector, after a two year lending hiatus, by launching a R1.95bn blended finance scheme to support the commercialization of black farmers. Land Bank's Executive Manager for Strategy and Communications, Sydney Soundy joined Business Day TV to unpack the scheme in greater detail.

In Trade of The Week, independent analyst Loyiso Mpeta gives a Quan-tech-mental analysis on Remgro, Brait and Sabvest.

Spear Reit has reported its half-year performance. For the period, rental collections reached 97.56%, while growth in distribution per share came in at 12.3%. The group achieved this as it continues to emerge from the COVID-19 environment. Business Day TV caught up with Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Quintin Rossi for more.