Business news with public consequences.
The POWER Business Show treats business news as part of a wider civic argument. Market moves, fuel prices, immigration protests, gig work rules, clean air policy, and small-business stories are placed in practical South African context.
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The POWER Business Show works like business radio with a civic brief. It begins with the issue of the hour and keeps asking what it means for South Africa’s economy, institutions, households, and investors. The market coverage is direct. Guests talk through the JSC, the rand, long bonds, gold, precious metals, retailers, property stocks, Sasol, oil prices, and the signs traders read when global risk shifts. The program is also careful about uncertainty. A two-week ceasefire involving the United States and Iran is treated as market relief, but not as a settled outcome. Fuel prices receive the same practical treatment. The discussion moves from levies and fiscal ceilings to public debt, slow growth, tax revenue, competition, infrastructure, and the services people actually need in cities. Policy stories are not kept in a separate lane. Anti-illegal immigration protests lead into questions about border management, asylum backlogs, constitutional identity, regional economic imbalance, investor confidence, and humanitarian conditions. Gig economy rules are framed around drivers, delivery workers, and basic conditions of employment. Climate coverage brings in the National Priority Area Air Quality Summit and presses the gap between official improvement, community experience, and the need for cleaner air. The show can be panel-like, but it is usually interview-led. It uses resets and recaps to keep listeners oriented. That radio structure matters because the topics can be dense. One segment may move from geopolitics to fuel costs; another may shift from e-commerce to family business succession. The SME Grind feature gives the show a human business register. Essence Haircare is presented through family sacrifice, a father-and-son partnership, retail growth, and the discipline of building trust in a competitive market. Across episodes, the show’s concern is not only who made money today. It asks which policies are working, which pressures are rising, and which parts of the economy are still leaving people outside formal opportunity. The tone is serious, practical, and steady.
Made for: For listeners who follow South African markets, policy, entrepreneurship, labor questions, and the everyday cost of economic decisions. It fits people who want analysis that stays practical rather than abstract.
What sets it apart: The show connects market movement to civic pressure points: immigration, air quality, gig work, fuel prices, infrastructure, and small-business survival. Its radio cadence keeps complex issues understandable without stripping out the stakes.
POWER Business is on every week with Nosipho Radebe, offering a wrap-up of the day’s business news, analysis of market trends and advice on all money-related matters. POWER Business also has a human interest focus, unpacking the nature of the economy and empowerment more broadly.
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A discussion of immigration protests, policy strain, and the economic fallout.
The discussion frames the anti-illegal immigration protests as more than a passing headline, linking them to immigration policy, border management, the government response, South Africa's image, and the wider political balance.
A family brand story that reads as a practical lesson in trust, market reading, and persistence.
The piece follows Essence Hair Care as a family built SME story, not just a founder origin tale. It moves from mixing, packaging, and distributing by hand to reaching retail shelves across Gauteng, with the father’s haircare background and the son’s perspective giving the…
A Northern Cape entrepreneur explains the care and risk behind a retail-to-dairy-goat leap.
The POWER Business Show's "SME Grind: Agro Queen" profiles Tlalefortitewe, founder of AgroQueen, tracing her move from retail business management into livestock farming in Kuroman. Since 2021, the operation has grown and widened into goat milk production.
A serious, evidence-led look at whether public service reform can become real delivery.
The discussion gives South Africa's push to professionalise the public service a clear, grounded frame, with StatsSA vacancies, outdated IT, the national framework published in October 2022, and the two bills before Parliament carrying the argument.
Practical HR conversations for changing workplaces.
The POWER Business Show interviews Mpumelelo Llamini, founder and creative director of Ezoketo, a contemporary African luxury fashion brand launched in 2019.
Anti-illegal immigration protests set the frame.
Power Business shifts into its SME Grind feature and spotlights Essence Haircare, a family-built brand that grew from hand-mixing, packaging, and distributing products to retail shelves across Gauteng.
This episode discusses the economic impacts of geopolitical tensions on South Africa's fuel prices, featuring an interview with independent economist John Luce about mitigation strategies.
Grant Nader discusses the recent market reversal, highlighting strong performance in stocks, the RAND, bonds, and precious metals, with relief rallies in rate-sensitive sectors.
This episode analyzes the implications of the two-week US-Iran ceasefire on global markets and South Africa's economy, featuring insights from Momentum Investments' chief economist.
This episode discusses new regulations for South Africa's gig economy workers, such as Uber drivers and delivery personnel, and includes a caller's question about diesel and petrol price disparities.
This episode discusses SARS' warning to wealthy emigrants from South Africa about tax liabilities on worldwide income unless they formally cease tax residency, featuring insights from Thomas Loban of Ibex Consulting on SARS' enhanced surveillance capabilities.
An investment analyst discusses how Donald Trump's geopolitical threats impacted global markets, with the JSC closing lower and specific sector and stock performances highlighted.
The POWER Business Show interviews Tlalefortitewe, founder of Kuruman-based AgroQueen, about leaving retail in 2021 to build a livestock operation.
This episode of Power Boardroom discusses whether recent product recalls in South Africa indicate failing systems or effective consumer protection mechanisms.
Power Business with Tahina Nisano asks what it will take to professionalise South Africa’s public service, linking the debate to Stats SA’s 720 vacancies, outdated IT equipment, and 31.4 percent unemployment.
This episode discusses employment rights when someone resigns from a job after accepting a new position that doesn't materialize, featuring labor law expert Michael Bagram.
This episode of Power Boardroom analyzes the impact of the Iran war on South Africa's economy and foreign policy, featuring expert guests to discuss inflation, petrol prices, and international relations.