SAfm Market Update with Moneyweb
The SAfm Market Update with Moneyweb delivers breaking business news, expert analysis, and investment insight to help listeners understand the markets. Presented by distinguished financial analyst Jimmy Moyaha, the programme is broadcast Monday to Thursday nationwide on SAfm (104 – 107fm) between 18:00 and 19:00. It aims to make sense of market movements and provide actionable investment perspectives.
Episodes
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[FULL SHOW] World Economic Outlook, African credit rating, and online gambling regulation
Tonight, we round up the day’s market movements with Absa CIB, discuss leadership appointments at the African Credit Rating Agency, explore investment opportunities in Africa’s carbon markets with the DBSA, examine the World Economic Outlook live from Bangkok with Moneyweb, unpack the legal limits of regulating online gambling with Lurie Inc Attorneys and, in our Property Insights segment, we look
Markets: Local equities in the green, but rand faces pressure
Marco Efstathiou of Absa CIB unpacks gains in local equities amid a global tech sell-off, concerns over AI spending and a weaker rand. He discusses Asian market losses, led by technology stocks such as Samsung, and explains why investors are watching earnings from US banking giants. He rounds off with a look at commodity markets, where gold remains a safe-haven asset. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts
World Economic Outlook reflects adaptability despite geopolitical events
Duduzile Ramela – Host: Business of Africa podcast, Moneyweb SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
AfCRA aims to reshape Africa’s credit story
Dr Sifiso Falala – Interim CEO, Africa Credit Rating Agency SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
What are the legal limits of regulating online gambling?
Wayne Lurie – Director and founder, Lurie Inc Attorneys SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Can carbon markets unlock investment in nature and infrastructure?
Gregory Fyfe – CIO, DBSA SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Property Insights: Two cities, double the property benefits
Grant Smee – CEO, Only Realty SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
[FULL SHOW] Tongaat Hulett delists, electric mobility, and Boxer’s strong growth
This evening, we round up the day’s market movements with Rand Swiss, unpack discount retailer Boxer’s double-digit earnings growth, discuss the implications of Tongaat Hulett’s delisting from the JSE with shareholder and financial analyst Dave Woollam, examine how the South African Electric Mobility Association is giving the electric mobility sector a stronger voice, explore how to identify quali
Boxer reports strong earnings as it bids farewell to CEO
Marek Masojada – CEO, Boxer Superstores SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Market Watcher: Energy prices fuel inflation fears
Gary Booysen of Rand Swiss unpacks market pressures amid geopolitical tensions and
disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz, with Brent crude above $105 a barrel. He examines the
potential impact on inflation ahead of this week’s US CPI figures, contrasts these with
Chinese inflation data, and discusses the outlook for US markets as earnings season begins,
with all eyes are on the tech stocks. SAfm Mar
Tongaat Hulett delisting puts business rescue under the spotlight
Dave Woollam – Tongaat shareholder and financial analyst SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Identifying high quality investment on the JSE
Joshua Viljoen – Equity analyst, Merchant West SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Electric mobility gains a stronger voice in SA’s automotive sector
Hiten Parmar – Co-Founder, South African Electric Mobility Association SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Personal Finance: The power of collective discipline in group savings
Tawanda Rumhuma – Executive: Savings and investments, Absa SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
[FULL SHOW] Fuel relief, R6.9bn Saldanha deal, and new commission for SOEs
This evening, we wrap up market movements with Umthombo Wealth, unpack the
new special economic zone deal with Freeport Saldanha, explore why structured
investments are gaining popularity with Liberty Investment Propositions, look at the
new commission set to oversee state-owned entities with Gibs, and discuss
parliament’s Standing Committee on Special Appropriations backing R10bn in fuel-
price r
SMME: Binding leather to build family business
Bianca Duarte - Co-founder, Journey Leather South Africa SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Saldanha lease deal opens door to R6.9bn investment
Xola Sithole – CEO, Freeport Saldanha SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Market Watcher: Focus on the fundamentals
Talya Ginsberg of Umthombo Wealth unpacks the JSE’s winners, including Sasol, as Brent crude oil prices remain above $100, a global equity sell-off and geopolitical tensions. She also looks at the stronger performance of resource stocks and the solid fundamentals underpinning government bonds, US dollar strength and the rand as markets head into the final quarter. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and
Why structured investments are gaining traction
Luvhani Makoni – Lead Specialist, Liberty Investment Proposition SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
New commission set to oversee operations of state-owned entities
Adrian Saville – Professor in Economics, Finance & Strategy, Gibs SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Parliament backs R10bn fuel price relief
Dr. Mmusi Maimane – Chair, Standing committee on special
appropriations, Parliament RSA SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
[FULL SHOW] Energy procurement, WhatsApp scams, and offshore investment changes
This evening, we unpack the latest market movements with Otto1890, explore the new energy procurement programme with the Department of Electricity and Energy, examine PwC’s latest local mining report, discuss the implications of the Regulation 28 changes with Allan Gray, commemorate mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month by looking at digital fraud with Integrity360, and in our Executive Lounge, we sp
Market Watcher: Market patterns weigh on JSE performance
David Shapiro of Otto1890 discusses falling commodity prices, tensions in France, and Brent crude above $100 a barrel following energy supply disruptions. He looks at JSE losses, a weaker rand and geopolitical tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, as well as weaker US markets, rising Treasury yields and whether AI can continue driving tech stocks. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Government unveils new electricity procurement plan
Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa – Minister of Electricity and Energy SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
PwC report highlights mining investment and commodity pick-up
Vuyiswa Khutlang – Partner: Energy, utilities and resources, PwC SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Changing Regulation 28: A solution looking for a problem
Thalia Petousis – Portfolio manager, Allan Gray SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
WhatsApp scams and AI fuel SA’s R2.4bn digital fraud crisis
Cailan Sacks – Regional Technical Director, Integrity360 SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
[FULL SHOW] SA’s economic freedom, OUTsurance’s R10bn deal, and spam calls
Tonight, we round up the day’s market moves with FNB Wealth and Investments, unpack SA’s declining economic freedom with Cumberland University, discuss government’s plans to tackle 17 billion spam calls with the National Consumer Commission, examine why infrastructure budgets are struggling to translate into projects with BLSA, explore OUTsurance’s R10bn share sale, and, in our AgriFocus segment,
Markets: Brent crude below $100 provides relief
Chantal Marx of FNB Wealth and Investments discusses falling oil prices, the G7’s release of oil reserves and the boost to discretionary stocks. She also looks at the stronger rand, Santam’s latest announcement, US and tech stocks, and what third-quarter earnings could reveal about economic growth in the US and across European markets. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Government steps up interventions on 17 billion spam calls
Phetho Ntaba – Spokesperson, National Consumer Commission SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
South Africa’s economic freedom continues to decline
Prof Richard J Grant – Senior associate, Free Market Foundation SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Why infrastructure budgets aren’t translating into projects
Busi Mavuso – CEO, BLSA SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
OUTsurance to sell R10bn in shares back to the company
Marthinus Visser – Group CEO, OUTsurance SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
AgriFocus: Why agriculture could be the next big investment segment
Dawid Heyl – Portfolio manager: Natural resources, NinetyOne SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Market Watcher: Markets treading water
Kearabilwe Nonyana of PrimeXBT discusses quiet Asian markets, the implications of higher diesel prices for economies, with Brent crude remaining above $100 a barrel. He also looks at the tech-led stock market rally, jobs data and upcoming Q3 earnings, as well as the rand’s strength and appeal as an emerging-market currency. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Why Africa wants a bigger say over its credit ratings
Ambassador Marie-Antoinette Rose Quatre – CEO, African Peer Review Mechanism SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
ATNS faces scrutiny over revenue control failures
Guy Leitch – Aviation expert SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Mondi application rejection puts paper industry at a crossroads
Ayabonga Cawe – Chief commissioner, ITAC SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Digital Drive: Can SA content creators finally cash in on monetisation?
Mudiwa Gavaza – Economist, Business Day SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Concerns mount over implementing partner for Aarto fines
Adv. Stefanie Fick – Executive director: Accountability, Outa SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
[FULL SHOW] AfCRA launches in Mauritius, ATNS funding woes, and Mondi setback
This evening, we round up the day’s market movements with PrimeXBT, unpack the upcoming launch of the African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) with the African Peer Review Mechanism, discuss ATNS’s funding dilemma with Guy Leitch, examine Itac’s decision to reject Mondi’s application, explore concerns over the implementing partner for Aarto fines with Outa, and in our Digital Drive segment, we also lo
UCount Rewards adds Clicks as health and wellness partner
Fayelizabeth Foster – Head: Loyalty and rewards, Standard Bank SA SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
SMME: Caring for patients through affordable orthopaedic solutions
Richard Slavain – Portfolio manager, Anstem Medical SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
FSCA cracks down on five CFD trading platforms
Gerhard van Deventer – Divisional executive: Enforcement, FSCA SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
JSE wins regulatory approval for bond clearing
Alex Comninos – CEO, JSE Clear SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Sonke Mobility takes the wheel at Gautrain
Mpho Mutloane – Investment Principal, African Infrastructure Investment
Managers SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Market Watcher: Market players sitting on their hands
Nick Kunze of Sanlam Private Wealth unpacks the tough session for the rand and broader volatility across emerging-market currencies. He discusses the stronger dollar, US Fed decision to hike rates, resilient Nasdaq and upcoming company earnings, as well as political events that could sway market sentiment and drive interest in bonds. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
[FULL SHOW] Gautrain operator, FSCA enforcement crackdown, and JSE regulatory approval
This evening, we wrap up the market movements with Sanlam Private Wealth, unpack Sihamba Sonke Mobility’s takeover as the new Gautrain operator, explore the FSCA’s crackdown on CFD trading platforms, look at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s regulatory approval for bond clearing, celebrate Clicks joining UCount Rewards with Standard Bank, and, in this week’s SMME feature, we follow the
entrepreneu
Market Watcher: Markets: The two-speed economy
David Shapiro of Otto1890 discusses the two-speed economy, with tech stocks
benefiting from infrastructure investment while rising inflation puts pressure on
households. He examines US markets and interest-rate expectations. He also looks at
commodity weakness amid market volatility and elevated Brent crude prices linked
to ongoing geopolitical tensions. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stre
PIC plans to fill CIO position by year-end
Patrick Dlamini – CEO, PIC SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
‘Business banking is the biggest opportunity for us’ – Capitec
Graham Lee – CEO, Capitec SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Medshield announces 2027 benefit and contribution changes
Kevin Aron – Principal officer, Medshield Medical Scheme SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
France steps up role in SA’s industrialisation drive
Camille Tricoire – Managing Director: Southern Africa and Indian Ocean, Business
France SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Executive Lounge: From Code to Aviation
Dr Mosima Meela – Group manager: Enterprise architecture and IT,
Acsa SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
[FULL SHOW] PIC report, France-SA trade, and Capitec’s business banking push
This evening, we discuss the latest market movements with Otto1890, discuss the
PIC’s latest integrated report, examine Capitec’s interim results and its growing focus
on business banking, explore the outcomes of the SA-France Business Forum with
Business France, unpack Medshield’s new benefit options for 2027, and in our
Executive Lounge, we get to know Dr Mosima Meela of the Airports Company Sou
[FULL SHOW] African frontier markets, EU lenders exit, and SA bleeding jobs
Tonight, we round up the day’s market moves with WealthStrat, explore the
changing African banking landscape and the opportunities created by the exit of EU lenders with Denker Capital, examine the role of development finance in frontier markets with British International Investment, discuss job losses with the International Labour, Research and Information Group, look at the transition to regener
Markets: Good value in bond markets
Victoria Reuvers of WealthStrat discusses the JSE’s improved performance, rising Brent crude prices above $100 a barrel and uncertainty over a US-Iran resolution. She explains how higher energy prices could keep SA interest rates elevated for longer, while rand stability offers some relief. She also explores the potential of local bonds as a safe haven amid global equity market volatility. SAfm Ma
EU lender exit opens doors for African banks
Kokkie Kooyman – Executive director, Denker Capital SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Development finance offers boost for SADC frontier markets
Maria Smith – CIO, British International Investment SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
SA bleeding jobs: 95 000 lost in a year
Dr Dale McKinley – Research and education officer, International Labour, Research and Information Group SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Financing the shift to regenerative agriculture
Daneel Rossouw – Head of sales: Agriculture, Nedbank Commercial Banking SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Property Insights: Fewer homes change hands in second quarter
Adrian Goslett – CEO, Remax SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
[FULL SHOW] Nyati on Eskom, Acsa announces new CEO, and Dirco refurbishment bill
This evening, we round up the day’s market movements with Rand Swiss, unpack Eskom’s
leadership continuity and strategic outlook, discuss Acsa’s announcement of its new CEO,
explore the cost of refurbishing South Africa’s diplomatic missions with Dr Kingsley
Makhubele, and in our Personal Finance segment, we discuss the real cost of tax with Parity
Wealth Managers. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts an
Personal Finance: Understanding the real cost of your tax
Sean Kelly – Director, Parity Wealth Managers SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
The value of refurbishing SA’s diplomatic missions
Dr Kingsley Makhubele – former Ambassador to Portugal and international relations
expert SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Market Watcher: Commodities under pressure
Gary Booysen of Rand Swiss discusses Brent crude prices remaining above $100 a barrel, inflation and geopolitical tensions, as the resources index falls more than 5%. He also unpacks the stronger rand, Gold Fields’ rejected bid and what rising interest rates, energy prices and AI earnings could mean for the year-end market rally. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Acsa announces new CEO starting 1 November
Irvin Phenyane – Board chair, Airports Company South Africa SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Our goal is to align tariff increases to CPI
Mteto Nyathi – Board chair, Eskom SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Selling the Boks: The commercial value of sporting heritage
Rian Oberholzer – CEO, South Africa Rugby Union SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
When does a company become part of a country's heritage?
Andile Dlamini – Head: Group communications, Volkswagen Group Africa SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
South African heritage: A global muse
Sonwabile Ndamase – Executive director: Threads of Unity SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Can SA turn cultural identity into economic power?
Dr Thebe Ikalafeng – Chair, Brand Africa and Chancellor of Sol Plaatje University SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
[FULL SHOW] Heritage in business, industrial manufacturing and legacy through memory
Tonight, SAfm Market Update commemorates Heritage Day by exploring how South Africa’s heritage and culture can create economic value.
Can African identity become a source of economic power? We explore this with Sol Plaatje University, look at 75 years of industrial heritage and the value of buying locally produced goods with Volkswagen South Africa, examine how cultural memory can become globall
Market Watcher: No panic in the markets
David Shapiro of Otto1890 unpacks the weaker rand and JSE losses, led by mining
counters amid falling commodity prices. He discusses today’s CPI print, the
downward GDP revision and the MPC’s 25-basis-point interest rate hike. Despite
higher Brent crude prices, Shapiro says markets remain stable and expects the rand
to hold above R16.40 to the US dollar. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stre
[FULL SHOW] MPC decision, US-SA diplomacy, and the future of safer mobility
This evening, we unpack the latest market movements with Otto1890, explore the future of US-SA relations with Mistra, celebrate the fourth Hall of Femme Awards with IWFSA, examine behavioural biases and investment decisions with Allan Gray, profile the entrepreneurial journey of Bravo Afrika Holdings in our SMME feature, and in our Executive Lounge, we speak to Bobby Ramagwede of the Automobile As
Beyond the Mbeki debate: where does US-SA diplomacy go next?
Na'eem Jeenah – Senior researcher, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Mind the gap: Avoiding behavioural traps in changing markets
Dr Horacia Naidoo-McCarthy – Manager of institutional clients team, Allan Gray SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
SMME: Carving out space in SA’s corporate supply market
Gabuka Booi – Founder, Bravo Afrika Holdings SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Legacy in Motion: IWFSA celebrates women leaders shaping the future
Nene Molefi – Chair: Leadership development committee, IWFSA SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
Executive Lounge: championing leaders for safer mobility
Bobby Ramagwede – CEO, Automobile Association of South Africa SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream
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