BizNews Power Hour

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.

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209 Episodes

120 – 140

Piet Viljoen co-host; communities fight back; SA's looting locusts; Township mall tales; Action SA sues ANC

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Piet Viljoen; founder of Gift Of The Givers Dr Imtiaz Sooliman on SA's looting locusts; OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage on SA communities uniting; Action SA leader Herman Mashaba unpacks his reasons for suing the government; township…

15 Jul 2021 12PM 1 hour

Magnus Heystek co-host; GG Alcock on community rule; Nedbank goes hybrid; calls for State of Emergency

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek; GG Alcock on the effects of looting on the informal economy; Nedbank's chief executive Mike Brown on employing a hybrid work model; Melanie Veness of PMCB on the need for a State of Emergency…

14 Jul 2021 11AM 59 min

Steven Nathan co-host; Clem Sunter, Frans Cronje on road to anarchy; Safari Founder

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Steven Nathan; Futurist Clem Sunter on the low or high roads that SA may follow; Institute of Race Relations outgoing CEO Frans Cronje on where the ANC is heading; a spotlight on the proposed firearm bill…

13 Jul 2021 11AM 1 hour

David Shapiro co-host; Protest wave; Investor confidence rocked; Vaccine distrust

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host David Shapiro; TreasuryOne's Andre Cilliers talls investor confidence as protests spread across South Africa; we get an on the ground protest report from KZN business man Donovan Carter, who is is Mooi River; Connie Mulder of…

12 Jul 2021 11AM 1 hour

Piet Viljoen Co-host; What Nedbank's 'hybrid model' means for business; helicopter view on Zuma

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Piet Viljoen; Denker Capital's Kokkie Kooyman on Nedbank's work from home hybrid model; the Financial Times' Gideon Rachman gives a global view on Zuma's arrest and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

8 Jul 2021 11AM 1 hour

Magnus Heystek co-host; Zimbabwe's troubled economy; Lamberti; Equites Attacq

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek; Russell Lamberti on his appointment as Sakeliga chief economist; John Robertson on the troubled Zimbabwean economy; Andrea Taverna-Turisan on Equites Attacq and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

7 Jul 2021 11AM 1 hour

Steven Nathan co-host; righting EOH's past; Verster favours Naspers share swap; Peter Major on mining boom

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Steven Nathan; Stephen Van Coller on righting EOH wrongs; Jean-Pierre Verster favours Naspers share swap; mining veteran Peter Major weighs in on the new Anglo Gold CEO and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

6 Jul 2021 11AM 1 hour

David Shapiro co-host; Sean Peche on Naspers China problem; EM currencies; Steinhoff's judgement

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host David Shapiro; Sean Peche rings the Chinese alarm bells on Prosus and Naspers; TreasuryONE's Andre Cilliers with this week's currency focus; Tekkie Town's Bernard Mostert on Steinhoff's judgement day and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

5 Jul 2021 11AM 1 hour

Piet Viljoen co-host; Ocean Basket CEO on battered restaurants; Q2 market returns with EasyEquities; Ivermectin

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Piet Viljoen and his story of owning property being a loss; Ocean Basket's Grace Harding on lockdowns devastating impact on the hospitality sector; the second quarter investment world with EasyEquities' Lesedi Mfolo; William Saunderson-Meyer on Ivermectin…

1 Jul 2021 11AM 1 hour

Magnus Heystek co-host; Paul Hoffman on Zuma and jail; Chuck Stephens on land grabs and covid; most expensive cities

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek and his story of property's missing trillion; Paul Hoffman of Accountability Now on why Zuma going to jail isn't a certainty yet; Chuck Stephens on land grabs by means of covid endangerment; the most…

30 Jun 2021 11AM 1 hour

Steven Nathan co-host; Zuma's 15 months; EOH CEO's corruption fightback; Delphine Govender; SA ports

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Steven Nathan; Perpetua's Delphine Govender on larger firms now questioning the Naspers/Prosus share swap; Western Cape minister David Maynier on fixing SA ports; Karam Singh on Jacob Zuma's sentencing; EOH CEO Stephen van Coller on corruption…

29 Jun 2021 12PM 1 hour

David Shapiro co-host; Glencore goes Colombia coal; Dr Daniel Israel on Covid-19 third wave; Rand

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host David Shapiro; mining veteran Peter Major on Anglo and BHP sale of Colombian coal mine to Glencore; Dr Daniel Israel on realities of the third Covid-19 wave in SA, TreasuryONE's Andre Cilliers with this week's currency…

28 Jun 2021 11AM 1 hr 01 min

Piet Viljoen co-host; property insights; a bearish Peter Major; Dr Noach on Covid third wave

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Jackie Cameron is joined by co-host Piet Viljoen; mining veteran Peter Major; Dr Ryan Noach on Covid third wave, Pam Golding chief executive Andrew Golding and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

24 Jun 2021 11AM 1 hr 02 min

Magnus Heystek co-host; another Bitcoin scam bites; Brait; FMF awards Hudson

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek; another Bitcoin scam with Darren Hanekom; Brait's Peter Hayward-Butt; Prof Robert Vivian on Nick Hudson's FMF award and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

23 Jun 2021 10AM 59 min

Steven Nathan co-host; Labat's missed deadline; Discovery meets Goldman; Dan Ariely

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Steven Nathan; Brian van Rooyen, chief executive of Labat after missing their results deadline; Discovery's Craig Sher on a new fund partnership with Goldman Sachs, Dan Ariely and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

22 Jun 2021 12PM 58 min

David Shapiro co-host; Prosus and PPC CEOs; Rand weakness

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host David Shapiro; the chief executive of Naspers and Prosus- Bob Van Dijk; PPC's Ronald van Wijnen on its financial results; TreasuryONE currency strategist - Andre Cilliers and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

21 Jun 2021 10AM 1 hour

Piet Viljoen co-host; Mashaba on ANC; Sanlam CEO; New World Wealth report

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Jackie Cameron is joined by co-host Piet Viljoen; Sanlam CEO- Paul Hanratty; former Johannesburg Major Herman Mashaba; Andrew Amoils of the New World Wealth and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

17 Jun 2021 11AM 58 min

Steven Nathan on markets; Govender on Naspers, shareholders battle; Manuel on SA's lost decade

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Jackie Cameron is joined by co-host Steven Nathan; Perpetua's Delphine Govender on the war between Naspers and its shareholders; former finance minister Trevor Manuel on a decade lost of SA economy and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

15 Jun 2021 11AM 1 hour

David Shapiro on electric vehicles; SAA gets Lift; Cape Independence; Magda vs Musk

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host David Shapiro; Sygnia's Magda Wierzycka on her Twitter wars with Elon Musk; Phil Craig of Cape Independence Advocacy Group; Tshepo Mahloele on SAA going private and the BizNews Power Hour Team.

14 Jun 2021 11AM 59 min

SAA gets private wings; Naspers faces activist shareholders; Deloitte CEO on 'role of auditors'

In this episode of the Festive Friday BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg spoke to four of the 36 Naspers shareholders questioning the share swap and management alignment; Anthony Sedgwick - Director at Abax Investments, Shane Watkins - CIO of All Weather Capital, Asief Mohammed - CIO Aeon Investment Managers and…

11 Jun 2021 8AM 59 min