The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry has added its voice to the call on government to get a handle on SOEs urgently, arguing that appointments are key in this regard. This commentary comes on the back of the Business Confidence Index resuming its downward spiral in July, falling to 92 points from 93.3 pointing to a further lack of confidence in President Ramaphosa's ability to turn this economy around. Business Day TV caught up with Interim CEO of Business Unity SA Cas Coovadia for a broader reflection on the country's business confidence climate.

Lender, Nedbank has called on government to have more urgency in implementing structural reforms to address the country's deteriorating economic and fiscal position - these factors have weighed on the company's interim numbers and negatively impacts the outlook for the full-year period. During the half year, headline earnings was lifted by nearly 3%, revenue is up close to 6% and an interim dividend of R7.20 was declared reflecting a near 4% increase. Business Day TV sat down with Mike Brown the Chief Executive of Nedbank for more context around the economics driving the numbers.

Banking union, Sasbo is planning the largest strike since 1920, this in protest against retrenchments in the industry. The union plans for its 73-thousand members to stage a two-day walkout at Absa, Standard Bank and Nedbank next month if all avenues to avert job losses aren't explored. General Secretary of SASBO – The Finance Union, Joe Kokela joins Business Day TV on the line for more.

Leadership instability, global political and economic volatility, these factors have resulted in electrical product maker, Ellies slipping back into the red during its full year with a headline loss of 3.2 cents during its full-year period.

Business Day TV sat down with the Company's CEO, Shaun Prithivirajh for more details behind the numbers. ​

Bitcoin climbed past the $11 000 level for the first time since mid-July to lead gains among the biggest cryptocurrencies, this as global markets tumbled on escalating trade war tensions.

Joining Business Day TV in studio to interrogate the recent surge and what it suggests is Co-founder and CEO of VALR.com, Farzam Ehsani.

After more than three years as 'Postman Pat', Mark Barnes tendered his resignation as CEO yesterday. Barnes cited differences on forward strategy in relation to the structure of the group, in particular the location of Postbank. Joining Business Day TV on the line to talk through the group's strategy is board member, Charles Nwaila.​

Packaging and paper group, Mondi has received a boost from higher selling prices and volume increases during the interim period. While revenue is up a tepid 1%, profit before tax surged by 29%, and basic underlying earnings grew 8%. That seeing a dividend of over 27 euro cents being declared reflecting a hike of 27%. But despite a global push towards paper from plastic, the group says demand is waning across the markets in which it operates and expects macroeconomic uncertainties to continue weighing on its trading environment. Company's CEO, Peter Oswald joins Business Day TV to talk about the numbers.

The July Absa PMI figure is above the 50-point neutral mark for the first time in 7-months and at 52.1 index points, it's at its best level in three years with four of the five major sub-components breaching that neutral point mark BUT concerns around the global health of the sector persists which casts some doubt on the sustainability of these levels. Business Day TV sat down with Economist at Absa Miyelani Maluleke to talk about this turnaround and what it means for the sector and the economy. ​

A sharp rise from earnings in Liberty's shareholder investment portfolio has party boosted the group's interim profit. The company has delivered a 51% surge in normalised headline earnings per share. Despite the rise in earnings the company has decided to keep its interim dividend unchanged at just over R2. Liberty CEO joined Business Day TV in a telephonic discussion about their interim results.

Today is Phakamani Hadebe's last day in office as Eskom CEO. The ailing power utility reported the biggest loss in the country's corporate history yesterday with Hadebe adding that the company is essentially on a death spiral.

Ferial Haffajee, Associate Editor at Fin24 is of the view that the death spiral is about to speed up. She joined Business Day TV on the line with more perspective on her views.