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Rob Rose, editor of Financial Mail on the media getting access to the Steinhoff report. Antony Sguazzin, senior Africa writer at Bloomberg News on the National Treasury saying the SAA deal could still financially burden the fiscus. And in investment school, Viv Govender, portfolio manager at Rand Swiss explains long-term investing opportunities in a bear market See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Business Day TV — Internationally renowned DJ Black Coffee has acquired a stake in Gallo Music Investments (GMI) through his company FlightMode Digital. The Lebashe Group purchased GMI from former owners Tiso Blackstar in March and it now forms part of the news and entertainment business of Arena Holdings. Lebashe chair Tshepo Mahloele says that Black Coffee’s new investment in the firm paves the way to enhance Arena’s entertainment offering to consumers. Black Coffee believes the investment is the first of many moves to change the landscape of South Africa’s music industry. Business Day TV spoke to the music Icon about the deal.
Sizwe caught up with legal journalist at Tiso Blackstar, Karyn Maughan, to analyse the recent arrest warrant issued for former president Jacob Zuma and the broader implications of his corruption trial. Ayeye!
This week, the Lebashe Investment Group announced the launch of its new media entity, Arena Holdings. More importantly (for us) it has signed a strategic equity partnership with BizNews. In this episode, Alec Hogg and Felicity Duncan talk about Lebashe’s acquisition of Tiso Blackstar’s media assets, the strategic thinking at Arena, and why Biznews signed on the dotted line. They also explore what this deal means for Biznews and our community. And, of course, they couldn’t resist saying a few words about South Africa’s masterful World Cup performance.
We did our build to the Rugby World Cup which gets underway at Friday. Our guests were Springbok Legend Hennie Le Roux, New Zealand Freelance Sports Reporter George Harper Jr. We also spoke to Lionel Ncube who is the Assistant Sports Manager at World Sports Betting on who the bookies are tipping to win the world cup as well as Khanyisa Tshwaku who is a sports reporter for Tiso Blackstar and SABC Sport analyst.
MultimediaLIVE — Tiso Blackstar senior soccer reporter Marc Strydom in a telephonic conversation with former Orlando Pirates head coach Milutin Sredojevic. The Serbian coach quit his Pirates job in a huff on late night Friday August 16 2019. He cited personal reasons and said that he quit because he had to attend to his sick mother who is suffering from breast cancer. Sredojevic, however, was unveiled as the new Zamalek coach a day later.
The new Premier Soccer League season began with clinical performances from the traditional PSL Big Three – Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns – all began the season with impressive victories over Highlands Park, Bloemfontein Celtic and SuperSport United, respectively. The Big Three laid the marker down early in the season. The opening weekend extravaganza also saw whimsical performances from former Absa Premiership Player-of-the-Year Lebogang Manyama, Bafana international Sibusiso Vilakazi, who christened the new season with a wonder left-foot strike from outside the box, and of course the eye-pleasing Buccaneers team. This being sport after all, the football season did not begin without some madness on the national team front. Former Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter vacated his position in one of the most "picturesque resignations" in South African football history. We have Tiso Blackstar's authority on football, Marc "Striker" Strydom to make sense of Baxter's rogue solo performance and what it means for the future of the national team. Cricket South Africa also confirmed that Ottis Gibson would not continue as Proteas head coach but there was talk that he would have continued until 2021. So what happened to cut matters short between CSA and the West Indian? We hear from CSA CEO Thabang Moroe, who gave the lowdown on what happened behind the scenes.
MultimediaLIVE — The new Premier Soccer League season began with clinical performances from the traditional PSL Big Three – Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns – all began the season with impressive victories over Highlands Park, Bloemfontein Celtic and SuperSport United, respectively. The Big Three laid the marker down early in the season. The opening weekend extravaganza also saw whimsical performances from former Absa Premiership Player-of-the-Year Lebogang Manyama, Bafana international Sibusiso Vilakazi, who christened the new season with a wonder left-foot strike from outside the box, and of course the eye-pleasing Buccaneers team. This being sport after all, the football season did not begin without some madness on the national team front. Former Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter vacated his position in one of the most "picturesque resignations" in South African football history. We have Tiso Blackstar's authority on football, Marc "Striker" Strydom to make sense of Baxter's rogue solo performance and what it means for the future of the national team. Cricket South Africa also confirmed that Ottis Gibson would not continue as Proteas head coach but there was talk that he would have continued until 2021. So what happened to cut matters short between CSA and the West Indian? We hear from CSA CEO Thabang Moroe, who gave the lowdown on what happened behind the scenes.
Discovery has long been one of South Africa’s most innovative companies, and it looks like Discovery Bank is no different from, say, Discovery Health. Biznews recently caught up with Discovery founder Adrian Gore to talk about the company’s plans for the banking sector. In this episode, Alec Hogg and Felicity Duncan look at what makes Discovery Bank unique and how the company may just have a global impact. They also look at the week’s other big news, Tshepo Mahloele’s acquisition of Tiso Blackstar. The media industry has been through a huge period of disruption, and Alec and Felicity ask whether Mahloele’s Lebashe Investment Group can turn things around for Tiso. They also take a look at the latest developments on Naspers’ international listing.
Director of Media Monitoring Africa William Bird, says they hope Lebashe has a plan to make the acquisition of Tiso Blackstar a success and create a sustainable media house.
Information Communication and Technology Union Thabang Mothelo, says the Tiso Blackstar Group was growing steadily and they don't understand why it was sold. The union has also lambasted the manner in which the sale was handled by the companies.
In today's business headlines: Tiso Blackstar has sold its media, broadcast and content businesses to the Lebashe Investment Group Glencore shares fell sharply as at least 19 miners are killed in the DRC The South African economy is stuck in a long downward cycle but investment is starting to flow in July could bring a price drop for motorists Swiss stocks will be barred from trading in the European Union from next week which could have a ripple effect on the London Stock Exchange
MultimediaLIVE — South African sports has gone through the most in the sporting world this month, can Bafana Bafana bring some respite? Their Africa Cup of Nations tournament did not get off to the best possible start, losing 1-0 to Ivory Coast on Monday but there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. We chat to Tiso Blackstar's digital sports journalist Marc Strydom, who is in Egypt for the Afcon tournament, about South Africa's chances in the tournament. He gives us the lowdown and the rundown of Stuart Baxter's team. South Africa came into the tournament packing quite some fire power in attack, with the likes of Percy Tau, Lebo Mothiba and Lars Veldwijk, plus a collective of creative midfielders such as Themba Zwane, Sibusiso Vilakazi and Lebogang Maboe. They will face the likes of Wilfried Bony, Wilfried Zaha, Nicholas Pepe (all Ivory Coast) and Hakim Ziyech from Morocco as they try to navigate their way out of Group D. Marc also give us an update from Egypt after the game and makes a grand prediction regarding Ronwen Williams possibly unseating Itumeleng Khune as "Mzansi's No 1". We will see if that pans out. We also chat about the Marc Strydom story on the team of prisoners from Helderstroom Prison near Caldeon in the Western Cape and how in the world this happened. The team of prisoners won the Overberg Regional League, beating Police FC along the way. Apparently the team of prisoners were the best behaved in the entire league and had the best disciplinary record. Talk about rehabilitation! Also, we look at the upcoming Craven Week starting in Bloemfontein on July 1st, profiling the surprised package from last year, Border.
MultimediaLIVE — South African sports has gone through the most in the sporting world this month, can Bafana Bafana bring some respite? Their Africa Cup of Nations tournament did not get off to the best possible start, losing 1-0 to Ivory Coast on Monday but there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. We chat to Tiso Blackstar's digital sports journalist Marc Strydom, who is in Egypt for the Afcon tournament, about South Africa's chances in the tournament. He gives us the lowdown and the rundown of Stuart Baxter's team. South Africa came into the tournament packing quite some fire power in attack, with the likes of Percy Tau, Lebo Mothiba and Lars Veldwijk, plus a collective of creative midfielders such as Themba Zwane, Sibusiso Vilakazi and Lebogang Maboe. They will face the likes of Wilfried Bony, Wilfried Zaha, Nicholas Pepe (all Ivory Coast) and Hakim Ziyech from Morocco as they try to navigate their way out of Group D. Marc also give us an update from Egypt after the game and makes a grand prediction regarding Ronwen Williams possibly unseating Itumeleng Khune as "Mzansi's No 1". We will see if that pans out. We also chat about the Marc Strydom story on the team of prisoners from Helderstroom Prison near Caldeon in the Western Cape and how in the world this happened. The team of prisoners won the Overberg Regional League, beating Police FC along the way. Apparently the team of prisoners were the best behaved in the entire league and had the best disciplinary record. Talk about rehabilitation! Also, we look at the upcoming Craven Week starting in Bloemfontein on July 1st, profiling the surprised package from last year, Border.
South African sports has gone through the most in the sporting world this month, can Bafana Bafana bring some respite? Their Africa Cup of Nations tournament did not get off to the best possible start, losing 1-0 to Ivory Coast on Monday but there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. We chat to Tiso Blackstar's digital sports journalist Marc Strydom, who is in Egypt for the Afcon tournament, about South Africa's chances in the tournament. He gives us the lowdown and the rundown of Stuart Baxter's team. South Africa came into the tournament packing quite some fire power in attack, with the likes of Percy Tau, Lebo Mothiba and Lars Veldwijk, plus a collective of creative midfielders such as Themba Zwane, Sibusiso Vilakazi and Lebogang Maboe. They will face the likes of Wilfried Bony, Wilfried Zaha, Nicholas Pepe (all Ivory Coast) and Hakim Ziyech from Morocco as they try to navigate their way out of Group D. Marc also give us an update from Egypt after the game and makes a grand prediction regarding Ronwen Williams possibly unseating Itumeleng Khune as "Mzansi's No 1". We will see if that pans out. We also chat about the Marc Strydom story on the team of prisoners from Helderstroom Prison near Caldeon in the Western Cape and how in the world this happened. The team of prisoners won the Overberg Regional League, beating Police FC along the way. Apparently the team of prisoners were the best behaved in the entire league and had the best disciplinary record. Talk about rehabilitation! Also, we look at the upcoming Craven Week starting in Bloemfontein on July 1st, profiling the surprised package from last year, Border.
South African sports has gone through the most in the sporting world this month, can Bafana Bafana bring some respite? Their Africa Cup of Nations tournament did not get off to the best possible start, losing 1-0 to Ivory Coast on Monday but there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. We chat to Tiso Blackstar's digital sports journalist Marc Strydom, who is in Egypt for the Afcon tournament, about South Africa's chances in the tournament. He gives us the lowdown and the rundown of Stuart Baxter's team. South Africa came into the tournament packing quite some fire power in attack, with the likes of Percy Tau, Lebo Mothiba and Lars Veldwijk, plus a collective of creative midfielders such as Themba Zwane, Sibusiso Vilakazi and Lebogang Maboe. They will face the likes of Wilfried Bony, Wilfried Zaha, Nicholas Pepe (all Ivory Coast) and Hakim Ziyech from Morocco as they try to navigate their way out of Group D. Marc also give us an update from Egypt after the game and makes a grand prediction regarding Ronwen Williams possibly unseating Itumeleng Khune as "Mzansi's No 1". We will see if that pans out. We also chat about the Marc Strydom story on the team of prisoners from Helderstroom Prison near Caldeon in the Western Cape and how in the world this happened. The team of prisoners won the Overberg Regional League, beating Police FC along the way. Apparently the team of prisoners were the best behaved in the entire league and had the best disciplinary record. Talk about rehabilitation! Also, we look at the upcoming Craven Week starting in Bloemfontein on July 1st, profiling the surprised package from last year, Border.
We spoke to Bafana Bafana head coach Stuart Baxter following his squad announcement to face Libya in the final 2019 Afcon qualifying group match. We also got reaction to the squad from SABC Sport Senior Reporter Velile Mnyandu. We then spoke to Tiso Blackstar and SABC reporter Khanyiso Tshwaku about the latest doping case against Chiliboy Ralepelle. Former Blue Bulls winger Sello John Mametsa help us look at the great start to the Super Rugby season by the Bulls.
In this episode we take inspiration from a cartoon by Grant Snider and discuss books in twelve categories; those we couldn't pick up or put down. Books we lent each other. Books we thought were about one thing, then turned out to be about something different. Books that changed us and shaped us through the years. Extensive show notes, with links to content from this episode, are available at SolidGoldStudios.co.za/onchange
This past week has had so much heat that the team just had to chat to journalist Katharine Child to break down some of the biggest news stories. She summarises Pravin Gordhan's time in the State Capture inquiry witness stand, the EFF striking outside the Tiso BlackStar offices, and how Momentum handled the media saga around the Ganas pay-out. Nando's
Business Day TV — Ron Derby, Editor at Business Times heads the panel of editors and journalists from the Tiso Blackstar stable to discuss the week’s news highlights in this week's edition of Editing Allowed.
Ron Derby, Editor at Business Times heads the panel of editors and journalists from the Tiso Blackstar stable to discuss the week's news highlights in this week's edition of Editing Allowed. Editing Allowed