With the festive season fast approaching, Business Day TV caught up with Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, CEO of the Tourism Business Council SA for his take on whether the sector can shrug off the effects of load-shedding and make the most of the upcoming holidays.

Delta Property Fund has been hit by a double whammy. During its half year, the group had to deal with elevated interest rates and increased vacancy rates and this weighed on its performance, as funds from operations fell 11.1%. Business Day TV spoke to the CEO of Delta Property Fund Bongi Masinga for more insight.

African economies are displaying increasing growth divergences. To unpack the detail of this, Business Day TV caught up with Ridle Markus, SSA Macroeconomist at Absa CIB.

A senior Volkswagen executive has commented that he is 'very worried' about the future of the company's operations in South Africa given persistent power cuts and logistics challenges. Business Day TV spoke to Financial Mail Editor-at-Large, David Furlonger for his take on the situation and whether he believes the current challenges in SA would be enough to prompt VW to exit the country.

Organised business has appealed to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) to delay its vote on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill and send it back to parliament's select committee on health & social welfare so that MPs can relook it. The committee approved the bill last week without making any changes and Business Unity SA (Busa) and Business for SA (B4SA) believe this shows that the committee ignored the constitutional issues raised by four provinces and a wide range of stakeholders. For more insight on that, Business Day TV spoke to B4SA chair Martin Kingston.

According to PwC’s Africa Energy Review 2023, the continent’s energy transition journey is faring well and is on track to meet the Paris Agreement targets. Business Day TV explored the findings of the review in greater detail with Pedro Omontuemhen, Africa Oil & Gas Leader at PwC.

The rand rigging scandal is back in the spotlight with reports citing that banks fingered in the ordeal bagged R1trn per day. The Financial Mail has however pointed out that the numbers do not add up and suggests that this is being politicized by the ruling party ahead of next year’s election. Business Day TV spoke to the publication's editor, Rob Rose for more detail.

The year's biggest shopping event, Black Friday, is taking place in a tough economic climate where consumers are having to count every rand as high interest rates and elevated inflation eat into disposable incomes. Business Day TV spoke to Tumelo Ramugond, Head of Credit Card at Standard Bank for greater perspective on consumer spending trends during this period.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the repo rate on hold at 8.25%. To unpack this decision, Business Day TV spoke to Koketso Mano, Senior Economist at FNB and Portfolio Manager for Fixed Income at Sanlam Investments, James Turp.

Investors have shied away from stocks that benefit from growing geopolitical conflicts. Trends have shown that investors have weighed markets wisdom against human morality in times of war; often investing in alignment with their human values. Business Day TV sits down with Jameel Ahmad, Chief Analyst for GTC Dubai to discuss investor sentiment during times of conflict.