Moody's has revised South Africa's outlook to negative from stable while affirming the country's rating level at Baa3. The move cheered the market with an initial rally in the rand but looking at the detail of the Moody's report it shows that a lot of work lies ahead for South Africa if it is going to avoide a downgrade. Business Day TV spoke to Jones Gondo from Nedbank CIB for more detail.

According to a report by Allied Market Research - the global food delivery market is expected to grow by over $16 billion by 2023. And back here at home we've had Naspers' subsidiary Prosus fight for its share of the pie as it made a bid for British online food delivery company, Just Eat. Business Day TV discussed the developments with John Colley from the Warwick Business School.

Day two of President Cyril Ramaphosa's investment summit has wrapped up and thus far, nearly R55 billion in investment pledges have been made. The Brics Bank has pledged to loan R23 billion to projects in specified sectors. Director General of the bank, Monale Ratsoma joined Business Day TV to discuss the detail.

Seriti Resources has reached a deal with South32 for the miner's coal assets. The agreement stipulates that Seriti will provide South32 with an upfront payment of R100 million and 49% of the free cash flow from the assets until March 2024. That component of the deal will however be capped at a maximum of R1.5 billion a year. Business Day TV spoke to the CEO of Seriti Resources, Mike Teke about what this deal means for the company.

The rand has been given a boost following Moody's decision to not downgrade South Africa's credit rating to junk status even though the rating agency lowered SA's outlook to negative. Business Day TV spoke to RMB senior trader Marc Viakovsky for more detail.

South Africa's business activity in the broader manufacturing sector rose in October, hitting 48.1 points from a revised 45.1 in the previous month. The rise in the headline index was driven by improvements in the business activity and new sales orders indices. Economist at Absa Miyelani Maluleke joins Business Day TV to make sense of this latest data point in the context of a Moodys credit review on the country.

Afrimat's diversification strategy is yielding results. The building materials and industrial minerals group has reported a 19% jump in interim revenue and a 56.9% surge in operating profit. This allowed the group to almost double its dividend to 36 cents. Business Day TV caught up with the company's CEO Andries van Heerden to talk about their latest results

The IMF's latest global economic outlook, took a bearish turn, with it forecasting the slowest pace of growth since the 2008-2009 financial crisis for this year. And current political spats and tensions are certainly doing no favour - bringing with them a lack of visibility as far as where global economies are actually headed beyond 2019. So, with so much up in the air, avoiding concentration risk becomes an imperative in building a resilient portfolio. But where does one find growth in a low growth environment? Joining Business Day TV to identify some the opportunities influencing their investment strategy is Willem Sels, Chief Market strategist at HSBC Private Bank…

Speaking in his medium-term budget policy statement, Mboweni said that after considering a number of issues, it was decided that government would remain committed to a 'user-pay' model, showing support for the e-tolling system. He said that South African motorists needed to leave behind the culture of non-compliance, again, imploring road users to pay up. BUT... South Africans have expressed their determination to either boycott the tolling system or continue lobbying for its abolition. Joining us on the line for some clarity on the status of e-tolls is the spokesperson of the Department of Transport Ayanda Allie Paine.

South Africa's unemployment rate reached 29.1% in the third quarter climbing to its highest level in over a decade. The expanded unemployment rate, which includes discouraged job seekers, came in at 38.5%. Business Day TV sat down with Stanlib's chief economist Kevin Lings to discuss some of the factors that are weighing on the job market.