BizNews Power Hour
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The BizNews Power Hour, anchored by top financial journalist Alec Hogg, covers all the business news that matters. The program features contributions from the BizNews team, South Africa's independent and highly disruptive business media company. The format is conversational, fun and engaging with the team drawing on deep knowledge of the subject, providing the Rational Perspective.
BizNews Power Hour
4M ago
In this final episode of the BizNews Power Hour Digest edition you'll hear a complication of the most downloaded content from the week. It's a triple play from editor Alec Hogg who has an extended interview with former British diplomat to Ukraine Cormac Smith; TreasuryONE's Andre Cilliers discusses the surprising boost to the rand as the war in Ukraine continues; Ranmore Fund Management founder Sean Peche discusses Naspers/Prosus group's R12bn write-off on Russia's VK Group as well as its continued exposure to China's Tencent; all the international business news you need to know from our partn ..read more
BizNews Power Hour
4M ago
This is the penultimate episode of the BizNews Power Hour. Friday (11 March 2022) will be the BPH Digest edition featuring no local news or markets, just a complication of the most downloaded interviews of the week. In this episode, editor Alec Hogg speaks to Francois Nortje, the man behind the development of the Port of Gauteng. Nortje says Transnet needs to be broken into smaller pieces and urgently privatised. Then, our London correspondent Linda van Tilburg interviews Jeremy Boraine, one of South Africa’s leading publishers from Jonathan Ball Publishers (JBP). Boraine will be taking up a p ..read more
BizNews Power Hour
4M ago
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, it’s been almost two weeks since the war in Ukraine began and oil and gas prices continue to spike on the news that the US and UK will ban Russian’s imports of the commodity; our partner the Financial Times has more on the oil and gas story; editor Alec Hogg spoke to veteran money manager Kokkie Kooyman about how banking stocks have reacted to war in Ukraine; Michael Appel spoke to policing expert at the Institute for Security Studies in the wake of the release of a report investigating the July riots; part 1 of Appel's chat to Adv Erin Richards about ..read more
BizNews Power Hour
4M ago
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, editor Alec Hogg chats to Ranmore Fund Management founder Sean Peche about Prosus' R12bn writedown of its stake in a Russian social networking platform; Hogg chats to former British diplomat Cormac Smith, who spent two years at a posting in Kyiv, about the unfolding conflict between Russia and Ukraine; it's part 2 of DA Federal Chairperson Helen Zille's Q&A session from her recent talk in the Drakensberg at the BizNews Conference; our partner the FT has all the international business news you need to know ..read more
BizNews Power Hour
4M ago
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, it's dominated by the latest in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine; our partner the FT has all the international developments you need to know; BizNews editor Alec Hogg chats to TreasuryONE's Andre Cilliers about the unintended consequence of the conflict on the strength of the Rand against other major currencies; Michael Appel speaks to Steven Gruzd from the SA Institute of International Affairs about our government's position regarding the war; part one of Hogg's recent Q&A session with DA Federal Chair Helen Zille from BNC#3 ..read more
BizNews Power Hour
4M ago
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, we've compiled the most downloaded interviews of the week into one show starting with a July riots report explainer; Ukraine-focused chat with Christopher Vandome of London-based international think-tank Chatham House; Linda van Tilburg chats to South Africa's Ambassador to Ukraine Andre Groenewald about his efforts to get South Africans out of Kyiv; OUTA chief executive Wayne Duvenage cautions against believing private prosecutions are a silver bullet to deal with tectonically-slow movement at the National Prosecuting Authority; Corion Capital's Davi ..read more
BizNews Power Hour
4M ago
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, our London correspondent Linda van Tilburg speaks to South Africa's ambassador to Ukraine Andre Groenewald about doing all he could to get South Africans out of the war-torn country; Justin Rowe-Roberts gives the weekly update to our partners across the border in Namibia on the Nova Business Report; BizNews' Carrie Adams catches up with Gary Jordan for the weekly harvest report; all the international business news you need to know from our partner the FT ..read more
BizNews Power Hour
4M ago
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage chats to Michael Appel off the back of his state capture presentation to BizNews delegates gathered for BNC#3 in the Drakensberg; Corion Capital's David Bacher provides insight into the outperformance of the JSE versus its global counterparts; PSG CEO Piet Mouton explains the rationale behind their intention to delist from the JSE; all the international business news you need to know from our partner the FT ..read more
BizNews Power Hour
4M ago
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, editor Alec Hogg has a rare and extended treat for Tim Noakes's legion of fans, millions of whom credit their improved health to his research into and promotion of the Low Carb High Fat diet, or Banting; Michael Appel has a quick catch up with BizNews tribe member Andrew Goodhead who's finally arrived at the BizNews Conference or BNC#3 in Drakensberg after a 1600km cycling journey from the Cape; our partner the FT has all the international business news you need to know ..read more
BizNews Power Hour
4M ago
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, our London correspondent Linda van Tilburg chats to Christopher Vandome, a research fellow at the London-based international think-tank Chatham House, who explains it will be difficult for South Africa to escape the economic impact of the Ukraine/Russia conflict; Michael Appel provides a digestible snapshot of what’s emerged from a recent SA Human Rights Commission expert panel report on the July unrest; another update on BizNews tribe member Andrew Goodhead’s cycling progress as he get ever closer to the Drakenberg; Van Tilburg catches up with A ..read more