The election of Joe Biden as US President has boosted investor appetite for riskier assets and this has caused the rand to rally along with its emerging-market peers. To find out if the local unit’s recent gains can be sustained, Business Day TV spoke to Johann Els from Old Mutual.

Raubex has swung to an interim loss as lockdown restrictions weighed, but despite that hit, the group has opted to increase its dividend as it pins its recovery hopes on government’s planned infrastructure drive and a 45-month Sanral contract. Business Day TV spoke to Rudolf Fourie, CEO of Raubex for his take on the performance and where the company is headed.

Government and labour unions are at loggerheads over efforts to reign in SA’s bloated public sector wage bill but Business Unity SA (Busa) says it has some ideas on how to tackle the challenges. For more insight on that, Business Day TV spoke to Busa board member Busi Mavuso.

Finding more tax revenue has become a matter of urgency for South Africa as the country's economic position continues to worsen. So what plans does SARS have in place to do this? Business Day TV caught up with commissioner Edward Kieswetter to find out.​

While at headline level the JSE all share lost near 5% in October, some investors are waking up a little late to the fact that there’s been a quiet revolution in small and mid-cap stocks on the JSE which started in the third quarter. Companies like Advtech, Motus, Montauk, Cashbuild, Afrimat Famous brands all up over 20% during the period. What’s going on in small and mid-cap land? Michael Avery speaks to Keith McLachlan, equity analyst and small cap specialist at AlphaWealth; & Anthony Clark, analyst at SmallTalkDaily Research

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Lockdown has done little to stop Dis-chem’s acquisition trail. The pharmacy group has its eyes set on a health insurance asset and a community-based pharmacy group. Business Day TV spoke to Dis-Chem's CFO Rui Morais for more detail

RDI REIT is pushing ahead with restructuring its portfolio as it looks to fully exit all its retail assets. Currently, RDI has pro forma retail exposure of 10%. That's down from 28% in August 2019. Business Day TV spoke to Stephen Oakenfull, Deputy CEO of RDI for more on the group's strategy shift.

Despite reporting an annual loss of $135m, Sappi is optimistic about its future prospects. So what green shoots is the company eyeing? Business Day TV touched base with the CEO Steve Binnie to find out.

The US presidential race has been dubbed a nail-biter with election results coming in closer than expected. Business Day TV spoke to Ed Moya from Oanda and retired US diplomat in Africa and East Asia Brooks Spector for their take on what a Trump or Biden win would mean for markets and South Africa.

Investment holdings companies are trading at all time discounts to their underlying assets on the JSE and shareholders are growing restless. How are shareholders going to get alignment with management here? And how can these important conduits for investor capital, which invest in startups that become the next high growth companies think Naspers/Mnet, Remgro/Vodacom and PSG/Capitec, regain investor trust? Michael Avery speaks to two well respected shareholder activists Chris Logan of Opportune Investments and And David Holland of Fractal Value Advisors