Moneyweb@Midday

[TOP STORY] Alternative accommodation plans for Castle of Good Hope shanty town residents

‘The City of Cape Town has really done pioneering work to establish safe spaces where these individuals can stay, where they can wash, where they can clean. It's safe, it's secure and they can voluntarily go there,’ says James de Villiers, spokesperson for the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure.

25 Sep 8AM 5 min

GNU's first 100 days: ‘We can’t afford to fail’

A roundup of the day’s news including R91bn in unclaimed assets like insurance policies and dividends, and what does the future hold for residents of a CT shantytown?

25 Sep 6AM 31 min

Two-pot withdrawals: ‘It is worrying’

: A round-up of the day’s news, including why IQ is no longer the sole indicator of success, and two weeks of the two-pot retirement system – how South Africans are taking advantage of the new rules.

23 Sep 7AM 35 min

Moneyweb@Midday

Moneyweb@Midday is back, with veteran journalist Jeremy Maggs the new host of the podcast. Launching on 8 May 2023, Moneyweb brings you a fast-paced live daily news show, covering a wide range of topics, from business and economics to breaking news in politics, tech, sport and more. The show features…

23 Sep 7AM 35 min

[TOP STORY] The debt trap threats of extended finance

‘I think one of the big things that credit providers have done is they've gone and made these lump sum big expenses look cheap by turning them into a monthly instalment,’ says financial journalist, Maya Fisher-French.

20 Sep 9AM 9 min

Dam safety standards: 'Government can’t do it alone'

A roundup of the day’s news including local astronomers working with Nasa to find out more about dwarf planet Pluto.

20 Sep 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Cape Town has the highest number of centi-millionaires in Africa

‘Although there are only about 400 centi-millionaires in Africa, if you were to take those 400 people away, it would completely destroy the middle class, for instance, because most of the big companies in Africa were started by those centi-millionaires,’ says Andrew Amolis, head of research at New World Wealth.

19 Sep 9AM 7 min

Bela Bill: ‘If homeschooling is up to standard, parents have nothing to fear’

A roundup of the day’s news, including what a ‘Just Energy Transition’ means for the SA workforce and SMEs.

19 Sep 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Road Accident Fund proposing to exclude higher income claimants

‘We are going to come up with a proposal to say, people in this kind of pay grade should not be covered by the RAF, but rich people for now, we're just saying should not be covered by the RAF,’ says McIntosh Polela, Road Accident Fund spokesperson.

18 Sep 9AM 9 min

Ocean Basket wage row: 'Where there are transgressions, we will take severe action'

A roundup of the day's news, including a drive to draw more African travellers to KZN. And how do local consumer brands stack up against their international counterparts?

18 Sep 6AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] Proposed Karoo gas surveys backed by solid research

‘Should any resource be found, we must make sure that it is managed very well so that we do not pollute our environment and leave ourselves with a sorry legacy,’ says Professor Raymond Durrheim, School of Geosciences at the University of the Witwatersrand.

17 Sep 9AM 7 min

New R3.2bn campus: ‘We want to create a friendly environment for Afrikaans students’

A round-up of the day's news, how paleo-sciences can help boost tourism and job creation. And why X has slipped out of global brand rankings.

17 Sep 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] AI bots set to provide less biased disciplinary inquiries

‘We've run case studies and we’re confident that on the whole, the outcome is much more intelligent, objective, consistent and fair than an average line manager or an average chairperson,’ says John Botha, joint CEO of Global Business Solutions.

16 Sep 9AM 6 min

MPC rate cut: ‘Inflation forecast for SA looking positive’

A round-up of the day's news, plus dwindling dam levels in at least three provinces compounded by a prolonged dry season and climate change.

16 Sep 6AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] Two-pot withdrawal reveals a litany of errant employers

‘Eighty-two percent of the complaints that we finalise in our office have in one way or another to do with employers not having paid contributions,’ says Pension Funds Adjudicator, Muvhango Lukhaimane.

13 Sep 11AM 8 min

Gordhan's legacy: 'Will wax and wane, depending on who you ask.'

A round-up of the day's news, including a solid outlook for manufacturing output in Q3, and how the forming of the GNU is affecting trade expectations for the next six months.

13 Sep 6AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] Saica’s plans to improve 14% pass rate

This poor performance will ‘have a direct impact on the number of CAs we produce to save our economy’ says CEO Patricia Stock – and ‘the one area we cannot compromise is quality’.

12 Sep 9AM 10 min

Art at risk: ‘We project the art will be moved to a safe place within three months’

A round-up of the day's news, including why an analyst says we need African solutions for African problems.

12 Sep 6AM 32 min

Harris vs Trump: ‘Catching kitties and puppies for lunch’

A round-up of the day's news, including Apple’s new iPhone 16 launch, tech expert Toby Shapshak reveals if it is worth the hype. And a heightened demand for pre-owned cars among cash-strapped consumers.

11 Sep 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Roots of SA extortion groups run deep

‘We have what is extremely prevalent today in the country, what we refer to as state-embedded actors. These are people within the state structures who are there to facilitate these kinds of groups,’ says Martin Ewi, Institute for Security Studies.

10 Sep 9AM 6 min