Kenya’s new Finance Bill has been labelled controversial as it seeks to introduce new taxes while also increasing a number of existing taxes. If the Bill is passed, the concern is that it may worsen the country’s cost of living crisis. Business Day TV unpacked the Bill and its implications with Zaynab Hoosen, Political Analyst at Oxford Economics Africa.

The number of high net worth South Africans has declined by 1.8% over the past year, mostly due to emigration. According to the Africa Wealth Report, when a country notices a pattern of wealthier people leaving a country, it is often a sign of what may happen to its middle class. Business Day TV spoke to Financial Mail's Rob Rose spoke to Business Day TV for more detail on this trend.

Afrimat's Construction Index for the first quarter points to positive value added by the sector at just over 2% quarter-on-quarter and 4.2% year-on-year, despite the poor performance of the economy over the past two quarters. Business Day TV unpacked the index in greater detail with Independent Economist, Roelof Botha.

The People's Bank of China has cut rates and has lowered its 1-year prime rate by 10 basis points to 3.55%, to boost economic growth. Business Day TV discussed this move in detail with RMB's Forex Trader, Jan Sluis-Cremer.

China and South Africa established diplomatic relations in 1998 and trade volumes between the countries have increased significantly over the years. Trade volumes in 2021 stood at R544 billion from the R1 billion registered in 1998. Business Day TV unpacked these relations with Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Johannesburg, Tang Zhongdong.

On this episode of Stock Picks, Financial Mail's Marc Hasenfuss takes a look at AVI, Libstar and RCL.

Black shareholding in new water use licenses is necessary to address the racial imbalance brought about by South Africa's apartheid past, according to government. Proposed legislation by the Department of Water & Sanitation requires farmers to have a black shareholding of between 25% and 75% to obtain water licenses, depending on how much they extract or store. For more detail on the story, Business Day TV spoke to Business Day's Tiisetso Motsoeneng.

Decade-high levels of inflation has been identified as one of Africa's most urgent challenges but tackling it can't come at the cost of growth. In light of this, Business Day TV took a look at monetary policy across the continent with Samantha Singh-Jami, Africa Economist at RMB.

Inflation has eased more than expected in May, falling to 6.3% year-on-year from 6.8% previously. The reading now sits just outside the Reserve Bank's target range of 3% to 6%. So, will today's print encourage the Sarb to halt its hiking cycle? To find out Business Day TV spoke to Koketso Mano, Senior Economist at FNB.

The South African Revenue Services (Sars) has published new rules for taxpayers that want to dispute moves by the taxman. Business Day TV unpacked the changes with SAICA's senior executive for Tax, Pieter Faber.