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Stephen Grootes speaks to Matete Thulare, Investec Treasury Sales and Solutions, about the top business and financial news of the day.

The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.  
  
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Stephen Grootes speaks to Finance Ghost, a retail analyst, unpacking how Spar Group lost its footing relative to peers; with a bungled SAP rollout, rising costs, and operational missteps eroding investor confidence and triggering a sharp sell-off in the stock. As the group embarks on a restructuring that could see job cuts to reset its cost base, we look at why the market has punished Spar so heavily, how its recent performance stacks up against competitors, and what new CEO Reeza Isaacs must do to stabilise margins, rebuild trust, and return the business to sustainable growth.

The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.  
  
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Stephen Grootes speaks to Jurie Strydom, CEO of Old Mutual, about the group’s 2025 results, which showed the business gaining traction following its strategic reset, with results from operations up 13% to R9.8 billion and adjusted headline earnings rising 24% on the back of strong performances in its insurance and wealth units. The group increased its total dividend by 8% to 93 cents per share and lifted equity value per share to R19.80, underpinned by solid cash generation, cost discipline and ongoing share buybacks, while early momentum in OM Bank and a sharper focus on capital allocation signal a shift toward execution and sustainable growth despite currency pressures in parts of Africa and a cautious lending environment.

The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.  
  
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Africa Melane speaks to Tsitso Setai, founder of Lokshin Auctions, a business focused on bringing the formal auction model into South Africa’s township economies. Historically concentrated in urban commercial centres, the formal auction industry has largely overlooked townships despite the vibrant trade in second-hand goods already taking place there. Through community-based auctions, the company facilitates the sale of second-hand goods, repossessed assets, and surplus equipment, creating a platform where individuals and small businesses can access affordable items and generate income from unused assets. 

The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.  
  
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Africa Melane speaks to Bronwyn Williams, Trend Translator and Future Finance Specialist at Flux Trends, reviewing Manu Joseph’s 'Why the Poor Don’t Kill Us', diving into the book’s sharp, unsettling questions about inequality, quiet rage, and the fragile peace that holds societies together.

The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.  
  
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Africa Melane speaks to Reana Steyn, CEO of the National Financial Ombud Scheme, about how artificial intelligence is beginning to affect dispute resolution in South Africa’s financial sector. The ombud’s office, which handles complaints related to banking, credit, and insurance services, has recently warned that AI tools are being used by complainants to generate extremely long submissions, sometimes running to 150 pages and often citing fabricated legal cases that still have to be verified by investigators. The development is creating additional pressure on an office that already processes tens of thousands of consumer complaints each year while trying to maintain a fast and efficient resolution process.

The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.  
  
Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show  

 
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Africa Melane speaks to Sun International CEO, Ulrik Bengtsson, about Sun International’s resilient 2025 performance, including higher income, strong cash generation, and increased dividends, as well as the group’s expanding digital footprint, market share gains in casinos, and its strategy to unlock long-term value by focusing on customers, people, and flawless execution.

The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.  
  
Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show  

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Stephen Grootes speaks to Optasia Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Salvador Anglada,about its exceptional 2025 results, the company’s strategic shift toward higher-margin micro finance services, its rapid global expansion with eight new deployments, a user base surpassing 432 million, disciplined AI-driven risk management that kept defaults at just 1.2%, and how its 2026 outlook,  including the acquisition of Finergi, which positions it to drive even greater financial inclusion across emerging markets.

The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.  
  
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Tana Mongwe, portfolio manager from Old Mutual Investment Group, joins Africa Melane to analyse the biggest stories on the markets.

The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.  
  
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Africa Melane speaks to Timothy Walker, Senior researcher on maritime security at the ISS, about the growing energy risks linked to the conflict in the Middle East and what it could mean for South Africa’s fuel supply. This follows reports that Saudi Aramco is offering oil buyers an alternative export route through the Red Sea port of Yanbu as disruptions threaten the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical oil shipping chokepoints. We also look at how dependent South Africa is on imported fuel, with the country importing most of its crude oil and a significant share of refined petroleum products to meet domestic demand, and whether diversifying suppliers is realistically possible in the short term.

The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.  
  
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