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Tim Harris: Cape’s recipe for unleashing human potential – blueprint for all SA
Tim Harris was part of the Western Cape’s heavyweight trade delegation which visited London last week to set the stage for enhanced trade relationships post-Brexit. In our interview, the ex-shadow...
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Satrix shares…7 myths of index tracking.
*This content is brought to you by Satrix By Helena Conradie* Helena Conradie, CEO, Satrix Index tracking as an investment option is equally revered and reviled both locally and globally. The for and...
View ArticleGreedy when others are fearful: HSBC sees buying opportunity for SA equities
One would think that investors are looking for the exit door when it comes to South Africa and its almost daily political soap opera. But, as Warren Buffet says, there is a time to be greedy when...
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Bid to prompt Koos Bekker to provide more info on Naspers’ control structure
JOHANNESBURG — Former CEO and now chair of Naspers, Koos Bekker, is a key reason behind his company becoming the biggest in Africa. It was his brainchild to adopt a scatter-gun investment approach that...
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Right of Reply: Iqbal Survé says BizNews is Fake News
JOHANNESBURG — Leaks of the Gupta family’s emails have rustled political feathers in South Africa. The likes of investigative unit amaBhungane, Daily Maverick’s Scorpio as well as the Sunday Times and...
View ArticleShielding the JSE from an exodus: Naspers, Rupert’s Richemont buoy bourse
Foreign investors are dumping South African stocks on the JSE at a rapid rate, but just two shares are still holding up the main index from negative territory. Media and web giant Naspers and luxury...
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Ted Black: A closer look at Richemont, Steinhoff and Naspers’ ATO problem
JOHANNESBURG — The likes of Naspers and Richemont have become valuable companies on the JSE. In a report this week on Bloomberg, it was revealed that because of these two companies’ strong foreign...
View ArticleAcquisition-hungry Naspers looks to bond issue as Tencent legacy looms large
Is Africa’s biggest company by market value, Naspers, worried at all about its growing dependence on its 34% stake in Chinese internet giant Tencent? On Friday, Naspers released its annual results,...
View ArticleBrexit hurt, but by comparison with SA, the UK investors are smiling
On Friday it was exactly a year since the British electorate shocked the world by voting for Brexit. What happened since reminds one of how Microsoft’s Bill Gates described the dawning of the Internet:...
View ArticleWORLDVIEW: Great minds? Uncanny similarity with Scotland’s £5bn top...
The Global Portfolio bears an uncanny resemblance to the hottest investment option in Scotland – an ancient fund that has mushroomed through its new age approach. This is a BizNews Premium article....
View ArticleOne hit wonder? Naspers trades at 26% below Tencent’s market value
South Africa’s biggest company by market value, Naspers, is coming under pressure on the JSE as concerns grow that it’s a one hit wonder with Tencent. According to a note from Purple Group’s...
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Naspers-linked Delivery Hero jumps on Frankfurt listing, market cap hits $5.1bn
by Aaron Ricadela and Stefan Nicola (Bloomberg) – Delivery Hero AG rose as much as 5.5 percent in its first day of trading, giving the Berlin-based startup a market capitalisation of €4.5 billion ($5.1...
View ArticleMore woes for Naspers: Tencent accused of ‘harming kids in profit pursuit’
Chinese internet giant Tencent is facing scrutiny over the addictiveness — especially among younger children — of its smash, fantasy role-playing mobile gaming hit ‘Honour of Kings’. Chinese newspaper...
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Ed Herbst: Were you brave? Suna Venter gone but Hlaudi enforcers remain
JOHANNESBURG — The death of journalist Suna Venter sent shockwaves through South Africa’s media fraternity, signalling a reminder of just dangerous and unforgiving the craft can be. One of the SABC 8,...
View ArticleWORLDVIEW: Value of Naspers’ reputation – quick R1.5bn on German IPO
South Africa’s Naspers appears to have acquired a similar reputation to that of Warren Buffett in the global tech field. This is a BizNews Premium article. Please login or subscribe to read.
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Drifting sideways: JSE suffers no long-term growth for 2 years
By Gareth van Zyl Major indices on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) are at the same levels as in 2015, resulting in little to no growth for investors for the past 24 months. People walk near the...
View ArticleWEBINAR: Weaker Rand pushes SA Champions into the green
The Biznews SA Champions portfolio comprises of eight companies founded locally but making waves overseas. This is a BizNews Premium article. Please login or subscribe to read.
View ArticleEarnings surge: Naspers CEO Bob Van Dijk scores R134m in share options
Amid its earnings having recently surged by 41% to $1.8bn, Naspers has awarded its CEO Bob Van Dijk $10.4m (R134m) in long-term share options, according to the company’s latest integrated report. This...
View ArticleWORLDVIEW: Amazon, AliBaba going head-to-head; the world’s gorilla war has begun
Africans understand that when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. The saying applies just as well to the world’s exponentially growing corporate gorillas. This is a BizNews Premium article....
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Ed Herbst: ‘Struggle doctor’ Survé’s media transformation myth exposed
JOHANNESBURG — Ed Herbst is in top form again in this article in which he prods and probes Independent Media’s transformation record. The sharp-eyed Herbst discovered a figure which indicates that the...
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