Fitch, Moody's and S&P Global are household names with regards to ratings agencies, even in Africa. The three firms boast control of an estimated 95% of the overall global credit ratings business. But according to the UN, their subjective biases have cost the continent nearly $75bn and so Misheck Mutize, the African Union's Lead Expert for Country Support on Rating Agencies says Africa needs its own ratings agency. Business Day TV caught up with Mutize to discuss this in more detail.

Public office bearers will receive a 3% wage increase. This follows a recommendation by the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers. Cosatu has called the increase a "tone deaf and embarrassing decision" that the President should have rejected. Business Day TV spoke to the union's Matthew Parks for more detail on Cosatu's stance.

Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramakgopa is confident in the improvements at Eskom. He says the power utility is spending less time on repairing generation breakdowns and devoting more time to the rising levels of planned maintenance outages. These are 'early signs' of improvement at Eskom which have resulted in fewer and lower stages of load-shedding. Business Day TV unpcked the story in detail with Energy Writer for Business Day, Denene Erasmus.

New Vehicle Sales for June show a year-on-year increase of 14% - the second consecutive month in sales this year. Business Day TV further unpacked the numbers and consumer behaviour in the sector with Ravin Sanjith, Automotive Sector Leader at Deloitte AFrica.

On this episode of Trade of The Week, Unum Capital's Loyiso Mpeta provides technical analysis for Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum, Northam Platinum, Royal Bafokeng Platinum and Sibanye-Stillwater.

BMW has indicated its confidence in SA. The automotive group will invest R4.2bn in the country to make electric cars at its Rosslyn plant. The move comes at a time when the country is struggling with low levels of confidence as Eskom struggles to supply sustainable power for businesses. Business Day TV spoke to BMW SA CEO Peter van Binsbergen about the move.

The public protector's final report into the 2020 theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa's private farm has been released and the document has stirred up controversy and diverse opinions on the matter. To unpack the detail, Business Day TV spoke to political editor for Business Day, Hajra Omarjee.

For the first time since 2018, all five subcomponents used to calculate the headline Absa PMI are in negative territory and this has led to June's reading sinking deeper into contraction territory. Business Day TV spoke to Miyelani Maluleke, Senior Economist at Absa for more detail.

The High Court has thrown over 178 thousand Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders a lifeline. The court has declared Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's termination of those permits as unlawful, invalid and unconsitutional. Busienss Day TV took at closer look at the ruling with Christopher Fisher, Senior Legal Researcher at the Helen Suzman Foundation.

The race is on for electric vehicle production. BMW is investing R4.2 billion towards this effort at its Rosslyn plant. The German automaker plans to produce its X3 model as a plug-in hybrid from next year. Business Day TV unpacked the investment with David Furlonger, Editor-at-large for Financial Mail.