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Rational Radio

Rational Radio is the weekly business news show hosted by BizNews editor Alec Hogg. It runs for around an hour and features leading commentators from the investment and financial world, including regular guest David Shapiro.
Weekly English South Africa Business News · Investing
421 Episodes
120 – 140

Nick Dreyer: Making SA's iconic Veldskoen into a global champion

There was no time in my recollection when my modest shoe collection did not include a pair of "vellies" - the iconic South African product that goes back to the days when people used animal hide to make their footwear. But it was only in January that I became acquainted…
16 Jul 2019 8 min

EOH's Van Coller on the record: "Clearly, today is not a great day."

EOH chief executive Steve van Coller has had a roller coaster ride since his appointment a year ago, hitting another trough this morning. At a hastily called media conference this morning, the CEO of the one time JSE darling, did his best to explain that Friday's resignations of two divisional…
16 Jul 2019 14 min

Zuma at Zondo: Odds shorten on another BRICs president behind bars

Whomever advised Zuma on how to handle himself when providing testimony to the Zondo Commission Inquiry in to State Capture needs their head read. The first rule when you’re on the record, is to stick to a script: keep it short and clear. Zuma’s testimony was the precise opposite. Another…
15 Jul 2019 12 min

Orbvest's story: SA Entrepreneurs turn offshore idea into a winning formula

In this sponsored interview, the chairman and CEO of Orbvest's sat down with Biznews's Alec Hogg to unpack how a quest to diversify their own investments evolved into a fund that is now over $200m and growing fast. Successful entrepreneurs in their own right, Hennie Bezuidenhout and Martin Freeman are…
15 Jul 2019 15 min

The Editor’s Desk: The strange truth about the SA housing market

It’s no secret that the SA housing market is not in great shape. House prices are down, sales are few and far between, and there are many lovely homes standing empty in good suburbs in Joburg and Cape Town. But the picture may not be quite as dire as it…
13 Jul 2019 16 min

Cyril's soldiers go marching in to tackle gang crime on Cape Flats

In most countries, calling the troops into suburbs will not be met with shouts of approval. But in Philippi and Hanover on the Cape Flats where gang violence has turned the lives of so many people into misery, the local residents and community policing forums have asked the SANDF to…
12 Jul 2019 11 min

Woollam on Tongaat latest: Auditors must be more Bloodhound, less Labrador

In a superbly researched Financial Mail cover story this week, editor Rob Rose leads one to the obvious conclusion that Tongaat CEO Peter Staude bet the proverbial farm on a sugar price rebound. That aligns with the view of former banker Dave Woollam, a CA, who unpacked deficiencies that accumulated…
11 Jul 2019 12 min

David Shapiro: Take Naspers offshore option and pay the tax now

On Rational Radio this week, SA's favourite market commentator shares his call on Naspers's Dutch listing and finds us another company on the Amsterdam Exchange that he has bought into. Shapiro also assesses Brian Joffe's proposed R500m investment into Edcon - reckoning that the veteran entrepreneur was done a huge…
11 Jul 2019 10 min

Jean Pierre Verster: Advice on Naspers offshore listing, property - and Abil

Biznews community members love Jean Pierre Verster, rating him one of their most popular investment commentators. And he certainly didn't disappoint in this week's episode of Rational Radio. In this fascinating interview he explains why five years after the collapse of Abil, the story isn't over yet - especially not…
10 Jul 2019 11 min

Rational Radio 10 July - The full show

Two citizen activists, two of the country's best money managers, a chartered accounting whistleblower, an entrepreneur turning an iconic SA brand into a world beater plus the best cell phone network - lots of variety and insights in this episode of Rational Radio. Guests on the show were: Oscar Phoku,…
10 Jul 2019 1 hr 04 min

How to make your money last in retirement - Schalk Louw

You often hear stories of retirees in South Africa who battle to juggle their finances as medical expenses and day-to day living keep on increasing without access to extra funds. Add this to people who regard themselves ripe for retirement, but simply can’t afford to. As Alec Hogg pointed out…
9 Jul 2019 9 min

Steinhoff's new CFO; Stop being Twits - Cyril; Zim inflation horrors; Deutsche Bank fizzles; Boeing gets dropped

Embattled multinational retailer Steinhoff, listed in Johannesburg and Frankfurt, announced on Monday that Theodore de Klerk would take over as its new CFO on September 1. President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticised Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula and the premier of Gauteng province, David Makhura, for “unbecoming” behaviour on…
8 Jul 2019 4 min

The Editor’s Desk: Oilgate & SARS – how SA’s getting its own back

Many South Africans seem stuck in despair about the looted billions of the Zuma years, but events at SARS and developments with Oilgate show that hope truly springs. Despite the best efforts of the bad elements in SA society, many good people are working hard to punish wrongdoers and regain…
6 Jul 2019 13 min

How to change your short-term thinking to build wealth Dawn Ridler

Short-term thinking is a wealth-destroyer. What is it and how can you safeguard against it? Johannesburg Certified Financial Planner and wealth ecologist takes us through this all-important psychological phenomenon and provides practical pointers on how to adjust your personal finance moves.
5 Jul 2019 6 min
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