Last week leading constitutional law scholar Pierre de Vos, Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance at the University of Cape Town and author of the Blog, Constitutionally Speaking, sparked a heated online debate when he said the time had come to reimagine how we deal with the transfer of intergenerational wealth. De Vos has since written a follow up responding to some of the critique. Business Day TV’s Michael Avery hosted Judge Dennis Davis, Chair of the Davis Tax Committee; Stuart Theobald, Chairman of Intellidex; Magnus Heystek, Investment Strategist and Director at Brenthurst Wealth; and de Vos, to debate the issue of inheritance and estate taxes.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a council that has been tasked with turning some of the country's ailing SOEs around and Business Day TV caught up with Nedbank Corporate & Investment Banking's Jones Gondo for more detail on what he made of the move.

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has taken steps to start a new nuclear-power programme. Business Day TV caught up with the department's Deputy Director General of Energy Zizamele Mbambo to discuss the latest efforts to revive South Africa's flagging nuclear industry.

Embattled South African Airways' long-awaited business rescue plan has been released which should pave the way for the carrier to be restructured. Aviation analyst Linden Birns spoke to Business Day TV for some analysis of what has been proposed.v

Finance minister Tito Mboweni is exploring ways to help the economy emerge from its biggest downturn and he's suggested that government look to zero-based budgeting as an option. Business Day TV caught up with Nazmeera Moola from Ninety One to discuss this proposed approach.

Foreign investors have been streaming back into South Africa's bond market after a record sell-off in the first five months of the year, and this comes after local bond yields hit five year lows last week. But is this sustainable? Business Day TV touched base with James Turp from Absa Asset Management for more detail.

We may have entered level 3 lockdown but the alert levels, as the community spread of Covid 19 increases, have only risen from green to amber and are approaching red. South Africa has passed through 50,000 infections and 1000 deaths this week. Business Day TV's Michael Avery speaks to Dr Tshegofatso Gopane, to get insights from the frontlines of the fight against Covid 19.

The World Bank expects South Africa to register a 7.1% contraction this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but some economists think that prediction is way off the mark, and say a larger plunge is on the cards. Business Day TV spoke to Dawie Roodt, Economist at Efficient Group for his perspective on the outlook

The slump in South African new-vehicle sales slowed in May as dealerships resumed some operations after a lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic was partially eased. These monthly declines resemble the industry downturn in 2008 and 2009. However, back then, production and public life didn’t largely come to a halt. So how will the automotive industry get out of this unprecedented crisis and will there be major structural changes? Business Day TV's Michael Avery speaks to Mike Mabasa, CEO of NAAMSA; Mark Dommisse, Chairperson of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association; MD and Shareholder of North Motor Group; and Dealer Council Chairman of the Honda Dealer Network; & Faisal Mkhize, Absa Group’s Managing Executive of Absa Vehicle & Asset Finance.

Changes to South Africa’s Electoral Act may well be on its way. The Constitutional Court has ruled that the legislation governing elections is unconstitutional, as it does not allow independent candidates to run for office in national and provincial polls. Business Day TV spoke to Lawson Naidoo from the Council for the Advancement of the SA Constitution, for his take on the ruling.