The Money Show

Duncan McLeod, founder and editor of Techcentral explains Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele’s reasoning for calling for high-level study to determine how much radio frequency spectrum will be reserved for a planned wholesale open-access network and Lebohang Khitsane, CEO of Bataung Memorial Tombstones talks about new trends in his industry.

Former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan takes on Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown on Eskom in parliament, Africa Connect in Uganda and the Science of using tech and small business in big retail.

Black Business Council and Business Unity SA divorce and Make Money Mondays with TV veteran Ruda Landman.

Andrew Lapping, Chief investment Officer for Allan Gray explains why his company wants Group Five's board to be reconstituted and Prof Lyal White, Director at the Centre for Dynamic Markets at Gordon Institute of Business Science (Gibs) looks at the economic and political crisis parallels between SA and its BRICS partner, Brazil.   

Ian Nicholls, President and Managing Director of General Motors SA reveals reasons why the company is exiting South Africa while Investec’s CEO Stephen Koseff talks about the group’s financial results and the state of the economy.

Spur Steakhouse franchisees talk about the negative impact of  “Boycott Spur” campaigns on their businesses while David Higgs, the chef and co-founder of Marble Restaurant talk about his career path and business ventures.

Theo Vorster, CEO of Galileo Capital and Jannie De Villiers discuss the state of agriculture in SA with Bruce Whitfield at Nampo Harvest Day. 

Then Loyiso Ndlovu, executive manager for commercial Development at Banking at LandBank and Roelf Meyer, Chair of Transformation Initiative talk about the Science of Land Reform. 

Shameel Joosub, Vodacom’s CEO talks about the significant stake acquisition of Kenya’s Safaricom and responses to SABC’s suggestions of charging smartphone owners a TV license fee. Then Dr. Aleksandar Valjarevic of LAWtrust shares some advice on avoiding ransomware while Bernard Swanepoel talks his upbringing, mining career and investment philosophies.  

Bruce gets a response from Business Leadership and a Werksmans lawyer on Brian Molefe’s return to Eskom as CEO. We wrap up our Berkshire Hathaway coverage and the Brutal BizQuiz.

Cas Coovadia, MD of SA Banking Association talks about how the CEO Initiative is surviving post president Jacob Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle which resulted in a tense relationship between business leaders and government. Warren Ingram, personal finance advisor with Galileo Capital gives advice of capital gains tax while Pavlo Phitidis, Founder of Aurik Business Accelerator shares some insights on hiring good employees.