This year marks the 12th year that South African taxpayers are able to take advantage of the Section 12J tax incentive but this may soon end as a result of a "sunset clause" in the Income Tax Act, which only makes provision for such investments until the end of June 2021. But in an attempt to keep this going, the 12J Association of South Africa is pleading with government to make amendments to the Act. Business Day TV caught up with the Association’s Chairman, Dino Zuccollo for more detail.

Investigative journalism center amaBhungane, alleges that Nedbank is complicit in state capture and that the lender benefitted from scaly deals with Transnet. Business Day TV spoke to Sam Sole, Co-Founder of amaBhungane for more detail on those findings.

February is set to be a roller-coaster ride for local investors with many risk events set to take place, like the President’s State of the Nation address as well as the all-important budget statement. Business Day TV caught up with RMB’s John Cairns and discussed the kind of impact these events will have on the domestic market.​

Orion Minerals is looking to acquire Okiep Copper Complex for over R85 million. The acquisition could pave the way for the revival of the country's copper belt, as Okiep has an abundance of unmined copper and zinc. Business Day TV spoke to Errol Smart, CEO of Orion Minerals for more detail.

South Africa's vaccine rollout will not happen as planned after data revealed that the 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine received last week has been found to be less effective against the new COVID-19 variant in the country. Business Day TV spoke to Alex van den Heever, Health & Social Security Systems Specialist at Wits University for more on what this delay means for the country as the third wave of the pandemic is expected to hit in June.

Exactly one weeks since the 1 million doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine landed from the serum institute landed in the country, we are haunted by the phrase: "All our spike proteins in one basket". In a worrying development, South Africa’s vaccine rollout was dealt a blow over the weekend after new evidence emerged that AstraZeneca’s vaccine does not protect people against mild to moderate disease caused by the new variant detected in SA late last year. Michael Avery talks to Biovac CEO Dr Morena Makhoana; Stavros Nicolaou head of the health working group for B4SA; & Patrick Tippoo, Director at the African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative; about these developments and how they impact the vaccine rollout strategy broadly.

South Africa continues to get hammered by the global press around the now entrenched SA variant of Covid, which is actually the 501Y.V2 variant, but the die is now cast, and we can be sure that cricket tours and travel will continue to be cancelled until we have rolled out herd immunity levels of vaccines. But the bond market continues to signal a potential bottoming out of the fiscal crisis as revenue collections that are expected to overshoot budget estimates could take the pressure off the National Treasury to raise taxes to pay for the acquisition and rollout of vaccines. Michael Avery speaks to Warwick Lucas Chief Investment Officer at Galileo Asset Managers, & Raymond Parsons, professor in the School of Business and Governance at North West University

Demand for the Covid-19 loan guarantee scheme is waning, with the Banking Association of South Africa saying that only R17.8bn in loans had been approved by banks and taken up by small businesses and this is less than a tenth of the credit it’s offering. Business Day TV caught up with the association’s CEO Bongiwe Kunene and she shared some of the reasoning behind this.

Morgan Stanley uses copper to argue that MSCI EM has achieved all its gains for the year. It points out the strong correlation between EM and the copper price. In recent weeks, some commentators have been suggesting the copper, wheat, iron, corn price surge of 2020 was related to Yuan appreciation and Chinese stock-building – and as Yuan appreciation has largely stopped – so should the price surge in these commodities. It's too early to be categoric about it. For now, the animal spirits continue to soar into February. Michael Avery speaks to Chris Holdsworth, chief investment strategist at Investec Wealth and Investment.

Recent market moves have had traditional investors scratching their heads as Bitcoin surges, Tesla’s valuation skyrockets and retail investors drive asset prices. So does this indicate a new investment era with new rules? Business Day TV spoke to Futuregrowth’s CIO Andrew Canter to find out.