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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 exclusive interviews with captains of industry, CEOs, political leaders and prominent newsmakers, offering unique insights and in-depth analyses. Tune in on weekdays via the Moneyweb website and mobile app between 12h00 and 12h30.
Daily English South Africa Business News · Politics
1,393 Episodes
960 – 980

[TOP STORY] What is the difference between clean and green energy?

‘One of the big advantages of hydrogen, and I feel very strongly about it, is that hydrogen is something that any country can produce. A country where there is wind or solar or even hydropower can actually produce their own hydrogen,’ says Andries van der Linde, renewable energy head at…
17 Aug 2023 5AM 6 min

[TOP STORY] Voice cloning cybercrime on the rise

‘People are using them to scam individuals by saying that their relatives are being hijacked or they've been held ransom and getting people to pay ransoms for their release. We've seen a few instances of that,’ says Stephen Osler, Nclose co-founder and business director.
16 Aug 2023 5AM 6 min

[TOP STORY] Santaco seeks justice against City of Cape Town

‘We don't have a problem with the upholding of safety on the road and ensuring that vehicles that are contrary to that are impounded, but it has to be done in accordance with the law. That's the basis of our argument,’ says South African National Taxi Council spokesperson, Rebecca Phala.
15 Aug 2023 10AM 8 min

'No genuine attempt by COJ to educate property owners on rate hikes'

A round-up of news updates, including a look at threats by Santaco to take the City of Cape Town to court over the recent impounding of taxis. A look at calls by Johannesburg residents for the city to reconsider property rate hikes and analysis of Ramaphosa's plans to fight corruption.
15 Aug 2023 3AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] Local poultry industry welcomes import duties

‘We have fridges full of chicken, so I don't expect a chicken shortage and neither do I expect that this duty will have a material impact in raising prices to the consumer,’ says the chief executive officer of the South African Poultry Association, Izaak Breitenbach.
14 Aug 2023 5AM 5 min

[TOP STORY] Zuma remission: It’s legal but is it rational?

‘What was the criteria which was used in order to release them or in this instance, which special type of treatment has been utilised in order to protect or maybe in order for the former president to be able to benefit,’ says legal analyst, Mpumelelo Zikalala.
11 Aug 2023 6AM 6 min

SIU to probe more supply chain failures at Tembisa Hospital

A round-up of news updates, including a look at Correctional Services's decision on former president Jacob Zuma’s jail term. The tourism sector welcomes the end of the Cape Town taxi strike, what the Lady R investigation found and the SIU updates on the Tembisa Hospital procurement investigation.
11 Aug 2023 3AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] Cape Town taxi strike delivers severe blow to economy

‘This is absolutely problematic for the country and takes us back significantly and we are already at the precipice, and things like this just create serious crises,’ says Business Unity South Africa’s chief executive officer, Cas Coovadia.
10 Aug 2023 5AM 6 min

Insufficient training and resources impede GBV fight

A round-up of news updates, including a look at the latest on the Cape Town taxi strike. Calls from rights organisations for tougher action against GBV and a look at whether regulating coalitions is the right solution.
10 Aug 2023 3AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] Calm descends on Cape Town taxi strike

‘It has been said since Friday, if we can see peace, we’re happy to negotiate and hopefully today we can start to put that back on the table,’ says Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde.
8 Aug 2023 6AM 8 min

Samwu denies taking part in wildcat Tshwane strike

A roundup of news, including an interview with the Western Cape Premier on the taxi strike in Cape Town. A look at warnings from the Banking Ombudsman on the rise in digital fraud, and SAMWU on the dismissal of municipal workers in the City of Tshwane.
8 Aug 2023 3AM 32 min

Western Cape taxi strike escalates

A round up of news including the latest on the taxi strike in the Western Cape. A look at prospects for coalition governments ahead of next year’s elections, a former Eskom forensic investigator on widespread corruption at the power utility and the dangers of doing the job.
7 Aug 2023 3AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Grave concern for free and fair Zimbabwean elections

‘Traditional chiefs were going to commandeer people under them to do what they call command voting, where the traditional leader in that area will frogmarch people under them to a polling station and watch over them as they cast their vote,’ says Human Rights Watch senior researcher, Idriss Nassah.
4 Aug 2023 3AM 6 min

Employee burnout is a ticking timebomb

A roundup of news, including why rights organisations are concerned about Zimbabwe’s upcoming elections. A look at a new virtual tool launched to track political party funding, the impact of burnout on the workforce and a glimpse at Rugby coach Rassie Erasmus's new book.
4 Aug 2023 2AM 31 min

Women's football desperately needs sponsors

A round-up of news updates, including an update on work being done to punish those implicated in defrauding the UIF Ters. A look at more initiatives by the business sector to support government and how much legal trouble is Donald Trump in?
3 Aug 2023 3AM 31 min
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