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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
260 – 280

Flash Briefing: Group Five collapses; Henley UK cancels full-time MBA; Boeing's troubles deepen; VW doubles down on electric cars

In today’s global business headlines… Aircraft maker Boeing’s troubles deepened yesterday as European regulators joined China, Ethiopia and Indonesia in grounding the company’s 737 MAX planes. German group Volkswagen, which sold almost 11m vehicles worldwide last year, is doubling down on electric cars. Henley Business School in the UK has…
12 Mar 2019 4 min

Flash Briefing: Zuma abuse of SA Intelligence; Deutsche/Commerzbank talk merger; Ethiopia Airline plane crashes; 77% of SAs use WhatsApp

A Boeing 737 MAX operated by Africa’s leading Ethiopian Airline crashed killing all 157 on board, just six minutes after leaving Addis Ababa on yesterday’s scheduled flight to Nairobi. Germany’s two biggest money lenders, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, have agreed to hold merger discussions after both have suffered extended performance…
10 Mar 2019 4 min

The Editor’s Desk: SA’s watershed election – will the ANC win it?

South Africa is headed into election season and the stakes are high. After months of testimony at various commissions of inquiry, the full scope of Zuma’s maladministration has been laid bare. There can be no illusions that the ten years of Zumanomics were anything other than a disaster for the…
9 Mar 2019 18 min

Flash Briefing: Huawei hits back at US, Canada; Bristow's $18bn deal "egocentric"; Eskom pulls in private sector; AT&T to slash jobs

In today’s global business headlines… The $225bn telecoms and media giant AT&T dominated global business headlines last night after announcing a major overhaul of its operations. China’s telecoms equipment supplier Huawei retaliated yesterday after months of being on the back foot over allegations that it is collaborating with the Chinese…
4 Mar 2019 4 min

Deconstructing Angelo Agrizzi, Bosasa kingpin turned State Capture canary

For nine days at the end of January, on a live televised broadcast of South Africa's Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, Angelo Agrizzi unburdened himself of 19 years of nefarious deeds. His testimony had the nation riveted. Here was a self-admitted criminal kingpin providing the proof, naming the names…
4 Mar 2019 25 min

Premium: Full transcript, audio of Alec Hogg's post-Davos SA presentations

Six presentations across South Africa in 10 days is about as intense a programme as I've had. But the message from Davos and afterwards was certainly heard: this remarkable country is on the mend and the smart money is already paying attention. We kicked off the post-Davos talks in Durban,…
26 Feb 2019 1 hr 05 min

Flash Briefing: Saffer launches $18bn hostile takeover; Helios Towers investing $100m into SA; Buffett admits over-paying; GE in $21bn biopharm exit

South African mining boss and recently appointed Barrick CEO Mark Bristow yesterday launched gold mining’s biggest ever hostile takeover bid. Once universally admired American conglomerate General Electric last night announced a major step towards breaking into smaller chunks by agreeing the $21bn sale of its life sciences business. Berkshire Hathaway…
25 Feb 2019 4 min
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