Sell in May's working out for someone but there's a flicker of green on the screen today so crack open the minibar! This is the week that was, Simon Brown, his co-host is Giulietta Talevi and joining them as they scamper through the train wreck is Sasfin Securities' David Shapiro.

The Monetary Policy Committee kept interest rates unchanged. Our panel of experts, Elize Kruger, Senior Economist at NKC African Economics, Kevin Lings, Chief Economist at Stanlib and Lumkile Mondi, Senior Lecturer at the Wits School of Economics & Business Science joined us to analyse the decision, we started off by asking Kevin about the assumptions of the Sarb's models being rather optimistic on pressure points such as the rand and the oil price.

Tiger Brands came out with results Thursday and those financials revealed just how much of an impact the listeriosis outbreak is having on the group's performance. Product recall and related costs to date amount to 365 million rand and this has weighed on profit, with headline earnings per share falling 16%. With the company stating that factories will have to remain closed in the second half of the year and a class action suit also on the agenda, we're joined by Tiger Brands CFO Noel Doyle for a look at the results and what lies ahead.

Famous Brands reported its full-year results on Thursday, revenue grew by 23%, headline earnings per share fell by 8%, operating profit before non-operational items declined by 5% and the group declared no dividend for the period under review, shareholders have not received a dividend since 2016. Darren Hele, CEO of Famous Brands joined Business Day TV for a closer look at factors driving the numbers.

The Chamber of Mines has been renamed the Minerals Council South Africa, it held its annual general meeting today and Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe announced that he would be getting rid of the 'Gupta clause' in the Mining Charter which is to be finalised next month. Roger Baxter, CEO of the Minerals Council of South Africa joined Business Day TV in a telephonic interview for more on where things stand in the industry

Just last week, the US and China announced that they have agreed to hold off on imposing crippling tariffs on each other and will continue talks until they reach a deal. Yesterday, the two powers said that they agree on a broad outline of a deal that will save Chinese telecom giant ZTE but in true Trump fashion, the US President now says that there is no deal on that front and that he is not satisfied with the trade talks. This move by Trump has reignited fears of a possible trade war which would be detrimental for the global economy, emerging market currencies are under pressure and so is the pound sterling as Brexit and Italy pressures weigh, what are the effects of these global conundrums on South Africa? Steven Barrow, Head of G-10 Strategy at Standard Bank spoke to Business Day TV for more insight from his perspective.

Arrowhead Properties has declared an interim dividend of 40.43 cents, and managed to reduce its vacancy level to 10.63% from just over 12% previously. The company says it's anticipating further improvement on that end. They have reported a strong operating performance over the past 6 months and are on track to deliver their full year guidance. Arrowhead Properties’ CFO Imraan Suleman joined Business Day TV for more insight into their numbers and targets for the remainder of the year.

The public sector is still batting out an agreement on wage increases for 2018 and 2019 after already having been in negotiations for 8 months. Four unions have confirmed that their members have rejected the offer government has on the table and and the The Federation of Unions of South Africa urged other unions not to sign the deal too. Dennis George, General Secretary of Fedusa joined Business Day TV in studio for more insight into their rationale and to discuss the way forward.

As public sector wage negotiations persist - and some unions accuse others of pandering to President Cyril Ramphosa's commitment to cutting the public sector wage bill - Political Analyst, Daniel Silke joined us on the line with his report card on Ramaphosa's 100 days in office.

Engineering and construction giant, Murray and Roberts is in talks with cash-strapped rival, Aveng about a possible take-over. No formal offer has been made but the deal would include M&R settling R2 billion worth of Aveng's debt which is due next year but M&R's majority shareholder, Aton says that it will not support the proposed transaction. Henry Laas, CEO of Murray & Roberts joined us on the line for more insight into the rationale and impediments behind the possible deal.