Over the last few years, with improved treatments and in the face of extensive government intervention, South Africans have lost their sense of urgency over the HIV/Aids pandemic. However, as Adcock senior executive Stavros Nicolaou points out, the battle against HIV/Aids is far from won. Although some 2.2m South Africans are receiving treatment for Aids, … Read more
It’s popular right now to paint a gloomy picture of the SA economy. But reality is different. Today’s release of the Kagiso PMI shows manufacturers are still positive – and as the long-term graph shows, their mood is miles better than it was five years ago. In this interview, Kagiso Asset Management’s head of research … Read more
MTN Zakhele is sticking to its story that “unprecedented demand” knocked over its share trading system. And says this alone is the reason for the aborted listing of the BEE shares owned by 120 000 investors, Â not that it erred in choosing an inexperienced service provider. Or the fact that during its two days of … Read more
Every Monday on CNBC Africa’s Power Lunch I get to chew the fat on one of my favourite subjects – investments – with the extremely well informed Sasha Naryshkine, a director at Vestact. In this week’s discussion we unpack the decision by cigarette and luxury goods baron, Remgro chairman Johann Rupert, to seal a partnership … Read more
Bidvest founder Brian Joffe has finally shown his hand in the fight for control of historic but badly under-performing SA pharma group Adcock Ingram. This morning Joffe released details of his alternative offer for Adcock on the Stock Exchange News Service. It is offering shareholders the opportunity to cash in now, at R70 a share, until … Read more
MTN Zakhele’s disastrous start to life as a traded entity took a turn for the worse when it announced today’s proposed re-opening of trading won’t happen after all. A statement from the company says it will only be able to tell its 120 000 shareholders on Thursday when the trading platform will re-open after a … Read more
This is the final instalment of the Rational Alternative, a column I have been writing for the Financial Mail over the past few months. I will also be stopping my weekly writing for Business Day. There are a few reasons, but mainly because Biznews.com’s growth has been beyond expectations and it requires more of my … Read more
Since 1 November, MTN Zakhele shareholders have been encouraged to register ahead of being able to start trading their shares last Monday. An aggressive media campaign was also launched in the run-up to the Big Day. On Biznews.com we ran a story about how the new BEE share listing was due to enjoy vibrant trading. … Read more
Tuesday is a big day for South Africa. A very big day. It is when those who live in the commercial centre of the country which generates almost half the national GDP, will legally have to pay to use highways they have travelled for years. Because when these highways were upgraded, the Government believed it … Read more
Today’s young professionals are early adaptors by nature. And they view the world  intuitively through technological advancements the last 20 years have brought. But they face a whole different set of challenges in entering employment. Nick Dyshaw, writing for Under30CEO.com is a Marketing Specialist at Honeywell Sensing and Controls and falls into The Net generation, … Read more