BizNews Radio, 14 Dec UK removes South Africa from its travel red list - Our UK correspondent Linda van Tilburg joins us with some good news: South Africa has been taken off the United Kingdom s red list travel ban. The decision to move South Africa off the list was expected, with many critics saying the country was unfairly treated when the Omicron variant was first discovered by SA scientists. While this news was a blow to the tourism industry, this does at least mean the hospitality sector will get a boost now. Van Tilburg also discusses heading to Davos in a month s time, for the World Economic Forum.
BizNews Radio, 13 Dec BPH Dec13: Shapiro s learnings from 50 years on the JSE; Netcare s Friedland on Omicron hope; CTSE s new listings. - South Africa s favourite stockbroker, David Shapiro, shares what he has learnt from half a century of following his passion as a stockbroker and investment professional; Netcare CEO Richard Friedland shares evidence which shows the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is a big step forward for a country that desperately needs to return to normality; the Cape Town Stock Exchange welcomes its ninth listing - we hear from the exchange s Eugene Booysen and Gaia Fund Managers Renier de Wit; plus local and international business news.
BizNews Radio, 17 Oct IQbusiness on ‘employing the whole person’ and what this entails post -Covid-19 hardship - As the world attempts to move towards some semblance of normality, human beings face a host of consequential challenges relating to the unprecedented nature of the last (over) 18 months. IQbusiness, South Africa’s leading management and technology consulting firm, released a report in September based on a recent pilot study, which revealed over 66% of office-based employees surveyed are experiencing extreme stress, anxiety and depression. The study tested key empirical indicators of trauma including financial constraints, breakdowns in close relationships, retrenchments or caring for a loved one. While South Africans are – by virtue of the distress that has characterised our past and, regrettably, present – resilient by nature, it would be a mistake to assume we have not been fundamentally affected by these events. In order to further understand both the broader im