Rational Radio full show: Covid-19 story that scared Shapiro; GG warns on township riots; Bonang the White Knight

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An adjusted format for the latest episode of Rational Radio where SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro unpacks Covid-19 impact on the formal sector, and Kasinomics author GG Alcock explains what's happening in the informal market. They raise concerns about the practical implications of the lockdown on both sides of the economy - but catch their breath when we share the latest leg of the amazing journey for schoolteachers Gary and Andy Cronje. Their 50 year old fit and healthy cousin Johan Vorster (pictured), who fetched the couple from the airport when they arrived home from China, died of Covid-19 on Friday night. In between Bidvest chairman Bonang Mohale rallies to the defence of the new CE of Transnet Freight, Sizakele Mzimela, whose appointment has attracted much criticism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6 Apr 2020 4AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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