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Analysis: Big 5 prop up JSE Top40 – otherwise bear showing its head
The JSE Top40 is heavily overweight rand-hedge stocks, which usually points to a rising stock market on a weaker rand. They are referred to as the Big 5 – Naspers, BHP Billiton, British American...
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Herbst: Déjà vu at state broadcaster – fear and loathing in SABC
By Ed Herbst* Fear and loathing are stalking the corridors of the SABC as staff tell of editorial interference, threats, intimidation and surveillance at the broadcaster’s Auckland Park headquarters. –...
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Must read: Skills gap leaves SA business shorthanded as jobs unfilled
Official unemployment levels in South Africa jump around 26 percent, but the area of real concern lies in the country’s youth, where 1 in 2 is without a job. Business however says one of the problems...
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Naspers shares cheap again: $16bn discount on Tencent stake, rest for free.
Creator of the modern Naspers, chairman Koos Bekker, possesses the irresistible combination of being both smart and lucky. But even he needed the added ingredient of courage to trigger the greatest...
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JP Verster: Life after 36One – Top hedge fund manager raising funds in...
Hedge fund Jean Pierre Verster became rather famous when admitting that he’d made clients R100m by going short on Abil shares ahead of the micro-lender’s collapse. A few months back Verster parted ways...
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BEE overkill? New audit rules will hamper SA companies in global markets,...
Basil Sgourdos Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) legislation was intended to help redress the wrongs of apartheid by weighting the scales in favour of the previously disadvantaged. Widespread...
View ArticleWEBINAR: Novo Nordisk out. Tesla, Facebook in
Alec Hogg takes us through the performance and current position of the portfolio, providing a comprehensive breakdown of how the shares are doing. This is a BizNews Premium article. Please login or...
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Former City Press, M&G editor Ferial Haffajee joins The Huffington Post SA
From Fin24 Cape Town – Ferial Haffajee has been appointed as editor-at-large at The Huffington Post South Africa, the publication announced on Monday. The former editor-in-chief of the Mail &...
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Naspers snaps up global education companies: Smarter than Tencent buy?
Naspers, a South African media company that transformed its fortunes in the digital era after buying Chinese tech company Tencent ahead of the pack, is scouring the globe for technology companies in...
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SA’s 10 richest men – and what they earn: All white, except for Gupta
South Africa’s rich list makes for fascinating reading. Although black economic empowerment is in full swing and entrepreneurs who don’t qualify as black complain that the laws are weighted against...
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Ed Herbst: Creating a ‘Black Naspers’
By Ed Herbst The fact that a state entity will hold 25% is significant, as the state holding in media is now even larger and more direct than it was under apartheid. The state has always held public...
View ArticleWEBINAR: Global portfolio celebrates 2nd birthday, 31% annualised returns
The Biznews Global Share portfolio celebrated its second birthday in December, delivering excellent returns, annualised 31% since inception. This is a BizNews Premium article. Please login or...
View ArticleWORLDVIEW: Understand exponential growth and reap huge rewards
There has always been a danger in making decisions based on outdated information. But never before have the stakes been higher, both personally and nationally. We all need to embrace this new world....
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Bob van Dijk: Naspers’s youthful CEO, able custodian for 20% of the JSE
Although most might not appreciate it, Naspers is an integral part of every South African’s retirement plan. It accounts for a staggering 20% of the JSE’s Top 40 index (and an even heftier 28% of the...
View ArticleDavos Diary Day 3: Hope springs as momentum shifts gears, experts agree
It’s the middle of the road at the World Economic Forum in Davos 2017, and the conversations are really starting to heat up. And Alec had a great day with mic in hand. He caught up with the man who...
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Naspers targets phone company partnerships to tackle Netflix
by Katia Porzecanski and Loni Prinsloo A logo sits on display inside the headquarters of Naspers Ltd., at the Media24 Ltd. office complex in Cape Town. (Bloomberg) — Naspers Ltd., Africa’s biggest...
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Entrepreneur, print mogul Lambert Retief passes away
From Fin24 Cape Town – One of Cape Town’s greatest entrepreneurs, print mogul Lambert Retief, has died. Lambert Retief He lost his short battle against brain cancer in the early hours of Thursday...
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WEBINAR: Strong Rand offsets ‘Trump & Brexit’ dividend – maintaining 30% pa...
It was just over two years ago that Biznews decided Zumanomics was going to severely damage the South African economy. And on the back of this, founder Alec Hogg launched the global portfolio, a hedge...
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Naspers & Didata…plus ҫa change, plus c’est la même chose? – analyst
In any form of analysis, history is a great indicator, but as much as it allows one to join the dots, the future remains the unknown. Just watch Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement speech at Stanford...
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