Simone Cooper, head of Business and Commercial Banking South Africa at
Standard Bank, discusses the challenges faced by SMMEs and how to turn those
challenges into opportunities, and looks at trends in the sector. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Sasfin’s David Shapiro runs us through the day’s market developments and takes a look at today’s local and UK CPI prints, the upcoming MPC decision, the dollar, commodities, and European market challenges. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

This evening we look at the markets with Sasfin Wealth, we discuss Ninety One’s recent
financials and the Sanlam partnership, RMB joins us to talk about its latest business confidence
index, we speak to Standard Bank about the importance of entrepreneurship in driving Africa’s
economic growth, and in this week’s Executive Lounge, we speak to SA Canegrowers
Association CEO Dr Thomas Funke about how he got into the sugar industry and his love of
sailing. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Dr Thomas Funke – CEO, SA Canegrowers Association SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Isaah Mhlanga – Chief Economist, RMB SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Hendrik du Toit – CEO, Ninety One SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

This evening we look at the markets with FNB Wealth and Investments, speak to Public Works
and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson about the impact of the construction mafia, and
get independent analyst Tshepo Kgadima’s take on the latest around Eskom, including Nersa
tariffs and the suspension of its regulator member for electricity. Only Realty joins us to discuss
new restrictions on the cards for Airbnb SA, and in our Agri Focus segment we chat to a
researcher and PhD student from the University of Pretoria about his discovery of two new
species of dung beetle. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Christian Deschodt – PHD student and Researcher: Invertebrate Biosystematics and Conservation Group, University of Pretoria SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Grant Smee – Director, Only Realty SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Tshepo Kgadima – Independent Analyst SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Dean Macpherson – Minister, Public Works and Infrastructure SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream