The Money Show

The country seems to be rallying around Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, both Civil Society lead by Mark Heywood of Section 27 and Economic Academics pulling no punches when speaking to Bruce tonight about the crisis the country is facing at the moment, and how it will directly impact on the economy and more importantly the poor.

#Hands off Pravin is the theme of The Money Show this evening. A plethora of big business voices coming forward to defend Minister Pravin Gordhan, who announced earlier he will NOT be presenting himself to the Hawks on Thursday, stating: “I have a job to do, let me do my job!”

An unbelievable close on the markets as the Rand fell rapidly, due to news that finance minister and former South African Revenue Service (Sars) employees have been asked to report to the Hawks later this week, Bruce speaks to Daily Maverick’s MARIANNE THAMM who broke the story

ArcellorMittal fined R1.5billion, Sydney Finkelstein on his book Superbosses and Minister Paul Verryn in Make Money Mondays.

Listen to a kid’s take on money in the Friday File and well as Steven Powell from ENS on the vulnerabilities of a minority local government. Also, the Friday regulars.

Bruce Whitfield speaks to Sim Shabalaba of Standard Bank, their share price rose 2.5% to R146.20 today after the bank raised its interim dividend by 12% to R3.40 for the six months to end-June, from the same period’s R3.03. He raised issues facing the banking industry at the moment: fraud and new competitors coming into the sector.

Business Leadership responds to coalition negotiations and Ford takes a move on its future. Business Unusual is all about measuring and Shapeshifter Keith Kirsten joins Bruce.

Marikana four years on, Curro on its long term plans, the Africa Business report with the MD of Shoreline, and the Science of e-Commerce with the Yuppiechef founder.

Will Wade reap the financial benefits of his win? Also, Stock Pick Monday and Make Money Mondays – Personal Edition with Phuti Mahanyele.

JSE releases results, Best bits from the week and the Brrrutal BizQuiz.