The Dutch Investors' Association, VEB is gunning for Absa, Barclays and Commerzbank - VEB says that it has notified the three banks of its intention to hold them liable for damages incurred by Steinhoff shareholders relating to the information the banks shared in a prospectus ahead of the company's Frankfurt listing which the association sees as having been misleading. Armand Kersten, Head of Relations at VEB joins us on the line from the Netherlands to discuss the rationale behind the planned action.

A delegation of Eskom executives led by interim CEO Phakamani Hadebe has been briefing MPs on the company's financial results to end-March. The utility's acting chief financial officer, Calib Cassim, today said that Eskom would continue to face going-concern challenges in the current year. Khulu Phasiwe, spokesperson at Eskom spoke with Business Day TV’s Alishia Seckam to take a look at just how fine a line Eskom is walking right now... in the midst of not only constrained capital expenditure but coal shortages too.

Good news on the data front, February's retail sales growth accelerated unexpectedly to 4.9% while economists largely expected an easing to 3% while inflation slowed to a 7-year low of 3.8% in March when February was expected to be the bottom of the inflation cycle.

Kevin Lings, Chief Economist at Stanlib joined Business Day TV to discuss what the latest retail and CPI data figures mean for the direction of the economy and whether these growth levels are sustainable.

Mark Lamberti's resignation from the Eskom and BLSA boards along with his resignation as Imperial CEO following a dignity ruling by the High Court against him calls for a greater discussion around the transformation of South Africa's corporate landscape - This against a Jack Hammer report from last year which showed that transformation jumped 8% in the private sector. Israel Noko - CEO of NPI Governance Consulting spoke with Business Day TV to share his views on South Africa’s transformation in the corporate landscape

According to Goldman Sachs, many emerging market economies are beginning to resemble developed markets, this as inflation rates are starting to fall while currency crisis risks are fading. Earlier this year, the company also identified South Africa as the big emerging market story of the year. Glenn Silverman, Consultant at GS Investment Services joined us to discuss the prospects for emerging markets and the country's place in it.

President Ramaphosa is actively trying to deliver on a promise he made during the State of the Nation Address. He has appointed Trudi Makhaya as his economic advisor and identified former finance minister, Trevor Manuel, former deputy finance minister, Mcebisi Jonas and business leaders, Jacko Maree and Phumzile Langeni as investment envoys to conduct a worldwide drive for investment into the country of about R1.2 trillion. So, Is it an achievable target and what will that amount of investment mean for our economy? Iraj Abedian, Economist and CEO at Pan-African Investment and Research Services joined us with his views.

In the wake of the number of auditors embroiled in scandals abroad and at home, the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors is considering to force firms to split their audit and advisory arms to enhance their independence and improve audit quality. Bernard Agulhas - CEO the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors joined us on the line for more insight into the consideration.

With over 10-years of financial services experience, the anticipated appointment of Basani Maluleke as Chief Executive Officer of African Bank has taken effect, she's the first Black female to head a commercial bank in the country and has been an integral part of executing African Bank's turnaround strategy. Basani Maluleke joined Alishia Seckam at Business Day TV to discuss her strategy and what this all means to her going forward.

No wonder Iqbal's struggling to lasso his unicorn, markets are galloping all over the place! But it's almost the weekend so pack away that screen already. This is the week that was, Simon Brown and hisco-host is Giulietta Talevi try to make sense of it all.

Bronwyn caught up with the new CEO of Life Healthcare, Shrey Viranna to discuss the company’s business strategy moving forward.