Dis-Chem's store-rollout drive has paid off. The addition of 21 new stores during the year ended February helped the retail pharmacy group deliver annual turnover growth of just over 13%, and a 6.6% rise in earnings. Dis-Chem's CFO Rui Morais provided some insight into the performance

Six years ago, a landmark class-action lawsuit was launched on behalf of miners suffering from silicosis and or tuberculosis as a result of working at African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Harmony Gold and Sibanye-Stillwater from 12 March 1965 to date. The gold-mining companies have made provisions of R5 billion for an out-of-court settlement but this will need to be approved by the high court before it can be implemented. Attorney, Charles Abrahams from Abrahams Kiewitz and Graham Briggs, former CEO of Harmony Gold and Head of the Occupational Lung Diseases Working Group joined Business Day TV in a 2 part discussion on the finer details behind this historic case which may set a precedent for similar cases going forward.

On the line from Cape Town to discuss some of the opportunity the small cap sector is presenting right now and exactly which off the minnows on the JSE are offering value is Anthony Clark from Vunani Securities.

US President Donald Trump has rejected the country's bid for an exemption from his steel and aluminium tariffs threatening 7500 jobs in the sector - this comes after the vulgar comments the President made about Africa. It is alleged that this move is in retaliation to South Africa voting against the US in the UN too often. John Stremlau, Associate Professor at the Wits Department of International Relations joined us for a greater discussion around policy with the US and how it affects the economy.

Absa's April PMI has beaten analyst expectations by rebounding to above the neutral 50-point mark coming in at 50.9 - this after the index declined to 46.9 in March. April's PMI gains were largely driven by increases in four of the five key subcomponents. Miyelani Maluleke, Economist at Absa joined us for more insight behind the numbers and what the slight expansion means for the sector and our economy.

Business rescue practitioners to the Gupta linked mines were forced to approach the high court for an urgent interdict after they were barred from the offices of the very companies they intend to rescue. George Nell, Senior Business Rescue Practitioner at Corporate Business Rescue joined us in studio for a look at where things stand.

Business tycoon and former Steinhoff Chair, Christo Wiese is suing Steinhoff in a bid to recoup the R59 billion cash investment he made into the retailer in 2015 and 2016 via his business, The Titan Group. Christo joined Business Day TV in a telephonic interview to discuss the rationale behind his decision to take legal action against Steinhoff.

South Africa has entered its strike season, the country faces pressures from political tensions in the build up to next year's election but as we move into wage negotiations in various sectors, more pressure is building up as most unions oppose the new amendments to the Labour Relations Act and its proposed minimum wage of R20 per hour. Dennis George - General Secretary of The Federation of Unions of South Africa spoke to Business Day TV on what to expect this strike season.

Choppies SA operations helped buoy the retailer's interim profit 22% 68 million pula or about R85 million. The group reported a significant improvement in the North West stores, in the country, resulting in like for like revenue growth of 43%. But with the retailer still facing strike action across its stores in SA just how sustainable is the growth and when does profitability from other regions start kicking in? Joining me in studio now for more on the results is Ram Ottapathu, CEO of Choppies.

The price of oil continues to hover at three year highs near $75 a barrel. With market sentiment turning increasingly bullish towards the commodity there ARE some concerns about the sustainability of the rally.

Are their legs to this rally, could we see oil reaching $75 a barrel and perhaps even passing it?

Joining Stephen Gunnion on the line from Norway is Bjarne Schieldrop, chief commodities analyst at SEB Markets.