Vukile Property Fund's diversification strategy has paid off. The group has reported a 3.5% rise in its interim dividend to 80.84 cents per share. boosted by a strong performance from its Spanish portfolio together with a continued solid showing from its South African shopping centres. Looking ahead, the group expects distribution growth of up to 5% in the coming year, and group CEO, Laurence Rapp spoke to Business Day TV about their future strategy

Black Friday Global data for 2018 in South Africa showed a more than 1 900 percent increase in sales compared to an ordinary day. And a survey by PwC shows that South African consumers plan on spending 36 percent more this year compared to last year. But if that does materialise, what impact does it have on the country's overall growth metrics? Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, who's Senior Economist at FNB shares his analysis with Business Day TV

A short lived success for Eskom. The power utility has reported an interim profit of R1.3 billion but looking ahead, the group expects to make a R20bn annual loss. The SOE is citing various factors hampering any sustained upturn... Business Day TV caught up with Eskom CFO, Calib Cassim for more on the results

Kaap Agri says rising fuel costs, drought conditions and policy uncertainty continue to prompt caution in the South Africa's agriculture sector - despite it's FY results having showed a near 30% rise in revenue, HEPS up 14% and the company raising its total dividend 5.8% to 123.50c. The company's CEO Sean Walsh spoke with Business Day TV about their full year results.

Business confidence has ticked up from 20-year lows in the fourth quarter, that's the good news. Building, manufacturing and retail trade registered improvements - confidence levels remained unchanged in wholesale trade, while morale declined in new motor trade. The bad news, is that at 26, the index still remains deep in negative territory. Economist Mpho Tsebe at RMB talks to Business Day TV about the latest printBusiness confidence recovers from 20-year low

Nedbank expects the local economy to grow modestly, with estimates for 2020 coming in at 1%. Now, while that might be higher than this year's growth estimate of 0.4%, strategists have warned that a growing budget deficit, bulging debt burden and SOEs that continue to drain resources are significant risks to even that muted recovery in economic growth. Nedbank CIB's Avinash Kalkapersad of Nedbank CIB talks to Business Day TV about that outlook.

Zimabwe's currency issues are weighing on Nampak. The packaging group suffered a net devaluation loss of R1 billion due to hyperinflation in that territory. This was the main driver behind the company's 76% slump in earnings per share from continuing operations. In the meantime, the group expects the sale of Nampak Glass and Nampak Nigeria Cartons to raise R1.9-billion as the manufacturer focuses on reducing debt and cutting costs. Company's CFO, Glenn Fullerton joined Business Day TV to discuss the numbers in greater detail.

Gauteng's 2019/20 budget sits at close to R140 billion, this after an additional R443 million was pumped into the kitty. The health department has received the lions share of the budget while that additional funding will mainly be used to fix and maintain infrastructure. Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, Gauteng MEC of Finance and e-Government has in the meantime warned departments not to exceed set wage bills. Nomantu spoke to Business Day TV about the expected provincial spend in greater detail.

African Bank's digital push is paying off. The group's zero-fee online banking channel, My World has helped more than double its annual retail deposits. African Bank expects this transactional banking product to fast-track the company's efforts to broaden its customer base and diversify its revenue streams. Operating profit in the meantime is up by 11% while net profit after tax grew 12% marking the third successive year of profit growth. Company's CEO, Basani Maluleke joined Business Day TV with more on the growth they’re seeing in the current economic climate...

Industrial holding company - Invicta delivered results on Monday, almost tripling profit to R208 million. That's as new acquisitions as well as a recovery from a tax provision in the prior comparative year helped offset constrained conditions during the first half. Business Day TV sat down with the company's CEO, Arnold Goldstone for a closer look at the numbers.