The IMF has pegged a contraction of at least 6% in the Zimbabwean economy for 2019. This, with the country, hampered by power outages, foreign currency shortages, reduced production and inflation running rampant towards 500%, year-on-year. And political deadlock is certainly not helping. The Economist Intelligence Unit has in fact forecasted that Zimbabwe will be among the 5 worst performers, only behind Venezuela, in terms of GDP growth for this year projecting a 12.9% contraction. Morgan and Co. Zimbabwe’s Batanai Matsika talks to Business Day TV about country's economic status and what kind of equity strategy can be employed.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni recently tweeted that he needs more tax revenue, and hinted that decriminalising cannabis could help accomplish that goal. Business Day TV spoke to Brian Van Rooyen, CEO of Labat Africa, which has been growing its cannabis exposure, about the potential that the industry holds.

ArcelorMittal South Africa has swung to a headline loss of over R3 billion. This in part due to a weaker rand and a fall in steel prices driven by increased imports during it's full-year. Along with this, the company has also seen a surge in net impairment charges over the period - when is the tide likely to change for the steel producer again? CEO of Amsa Kobus Verster shares his perspective on the numbers and factors at play with Business Day TV.

Cosatu's proposed digging into the Government Employee Pension Fund to address Eskom's financial woes. Business Day TV spoke to Janina Slawski, Principal Investment Consultant at Alexander Forbes Investments about the viability of the plan and its far reaching consequences.

Making the mining industry more sustainable has been a key focus at the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba over the past few days. This comes as mining companies struggle to secure funding as global investors shift away from heavy industry in favour of cleaner sectors. Joining Business Day TV with a sense of how miners should be tackling the sustainable investing trend is Wildu du Plessis from Baker McKenzie.

The 26th edition of the Investing in African Mining Indaba is underway in Cape Town. The theme for this year is "Optimising Growth and Investment in the Digitised Mining Economy". Around this time last year, Roger Baxter, CEO of the Minerals Council South Africa penned an article on bouncing back from nine wasted years - fast forward to this year, are we optimising growth and investment - is the mining industry showing any signs of a turnaround? Roger joined Business Day TV on the line with his views.

Cosatu has proposed a R250 billion bailout plan for Eskom, with the funds set to come from the Government Employee Pension Fund. Business Day TV spoke to Cosatu’s Parliamentary Officer, Matthew Parks to discuss the risk and conditions of the proposal .

Having secured a 2.7 billion rand capitalisation plan in March 2019 in which lenders, including the PIC, freed it of all interest-bearing debt in exchange for shareholdings. Edcon, the owner of Jet and Edgars, is battling for survival and reports of continued stress are borne out by ongoing store closures, which seem inevitable given the absence of any indication it is able to retain old customers or even attract new ones. Business Day TV sat down with Edcon CEO, Grant Pattison for an update on the current state of the company and how it plans to bounce back in a rapidly changing trading environment..

The 26th edition of the Investing in African Mining Indaba and policy uncertainty still remains. Peter Leon, Co-chair and Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills raises questions around potentially unlawful provisions of Mining Charter three and shortcomings of the draft Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill. Mineral resources & energy minister, Gwede Mantashe in the meantime says they've been receiving positive comments on that bill. Business Day TV caught up with Peter Leon for more.

China's central bank took its first concrete steps to cushion the economy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. That's as it lowered interest rates of reverse repurchase agreements while injecting a large amount of liquidity into the banking system. Joining Business Day TV with his take on the move is Martyn Davies from Deloitte.