The COVID-19 storm that Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has been warning about has finally arrived. The country has surpassed the 200 000 infection mark with not enough hospital beds to cater to the need. Business Day TV spoke to Charl van Loggerenberg, General Manager of Emergency Medicine at Life Healthcare for an assessment of the private healthcare provider's readiness.

The manufacturing sector has recorded its 11th month of consecutive declines with output plunging 49.4% year-on-year in April. The slowdown is worse than the contraction experienced during the 2009 global financial crisis. Business Day TV spoke to Executive Director at the Manufacturing Circle Philippa Rodseth for her take on the print and what it means for the sector moving forward.

Emerging markets have been hard hit by the coronavirus and in an attempt to deal with the volatility central banks in those territories have embarked on unconventional monetary policies. Business Day TV touched base with Oanda's Craig Erlam for more on the matter.

When faced with low growth here in SA the executives at a number of SA REITS looked towards central and eastern Europe and the antipodes for growth and raised foreign currency debt to fuel their expansion. They now lack sufficient equity to absorb the losses from COVID 19 related shutdowns. Debt to market value ratios have risen dramatically. Michael Avery talks t​o Prof Brian Kantor, an economist and former Chief Investment Strategist of Investec Wealth & Investment SA; and David Holland, adjunct professor at the UCT Graduate School of Business.

SAA’s business rescue practitioners have sweetened the deal for unions. A revised voluntary severance package offer has been accepted by most unions with the promise of retaining an extra 1000 workers on a training layoff scheme to help launch a new airline. Business Day TV spoke to Acting DG in the Department of Public Enterprises Kgathatso Tlhakudi for more on how this impacts the business rescue process moving forward.

The annual tax season has been pushed out to September 1. That's as the South African Revenue Service aims to have most tax payers, many of whom may have received pay cuts due to the impact of Covid-19 auto-assessed. Business Day TV spoke to Sars Commissioner, Edward Kieswetter to get a sense of what this may mean for revenue collection.

The property sector was hard hit by level 5 lockdown and now some analysts are warning that vacancies could continue to rise as more employers opt to have staff work from home. Business Day TV discussed this in detail with Stanlib's property analyst, Ahmed Motara.

The economic ravages of Covid 19 are placing municipal revenues under pressure. Michael Avery speaks to Danga Mughogho – Programmer Manager for Well Governed Cities, Ian Neilson, Executive Deputy Mayor and MMC of Finance in the City of Cape Town, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, Ekurhuleni MMC for Finance and Economic Development, Krish Kumar, CFO eThekwini Municipality about the measures some of the major metros are implementing to cut back costs and manage the economic impact of the pandemic on the cities finances.

The Competition Commission has found Dis-Chem guilty of excessive pricing on face masks and ruled that the retailer must pay a fine of R1.2m. Business Day TV spoke to the head of cartels at the Competition Commission Makgale Mohlala for more detail.

Omnia is back in the black. The chemicals and fertiliser maker has reported profit after tax of R129m from a loss of R408m previously thanks to its turnaround strategy. Business Day TV spoke to the company’s CEO Seelan Gobalsamy for his take on the numbers and how well it positions the company to manage the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.