In Capitec: Stalking Giants, top-selling business author TJ Strydom tells the gripping tale of a small team of entrepreneurs that turned a small microlending network into a challenger bank. With their luxurious head offices in Johannesburg, the giants disregarded the small Stellenbosch upstart. But once the new bank gained momentum and started luring customers away from the staid establishments in droves, they were forced to take note. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Author, Tj Strydom.

In Capitec:&nbsp;Stalking Giants, top-selling business author TJ Strydom tells the gripping tale of a small team of entrepreneurs that turned a small microlending network into a challenger bank. With their luxurious head offices in Johannesburg, the giants disregarded the small Stellenbosch upstart. But once the new bank gained momentum and started luring customers away from the staid establishments in droves, they were forced to take note. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Author, Tj Strydom.

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POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show programme, hosted by Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. The show delves deeper into the news of the day along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day&rsquo;s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. Ndlozi also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners make sense of their world.

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Capitec: Stalking Giants

Radio and club DJ Warrick Stock, popularly known as DJ Warras, was fatally shot in the Johannesburg CBD on Tuesday in what is believed to have been an eviction showdown. Reports suggest DJ Warras was actively involved with a security company conducting evictions when an unknown gunman walked up to him and fired a single shot. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with COJ Public Safety MMC. 

Radio and club DJ Warrick Stock, popularly known as DJ Warras, was fatally shot in the Johannesburg CBD on Tuesday in what is believed to have been an eviction showdown. Reports suggest DJ Warras was actively involved with a security company conducting evictions when an unknown gunman walked up to him and fired a single shot. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with COJ Public Safety MMC.&nbsp;

Coj Community Safety on DJ Warras killing and banning Street Bashes this festive season

China’s annual trade surplus in goods has topped $1 trillion for the first time, with plunging exports to the United States amid a tariff war more than compensated for by shipments to other markets, new data shows. Figures released by China’s General Administration of Customs on Monday showed the trade surplus for the first 11 months of the year hit $1.08 trillion in November, as exports climbed 5.9 percent year-on-year that month, reversing a 1.1 percent decline the month prior. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Research Director of the Centre for Africa- China studies, Dr Emmanuel Matambo and Economist and Director at Econometrix, Dr Azar Jammine. 

China&rsquo;s annual trade surplus in goods has topped $1 trillion for the first time, with plunging exports to the United States amid a&nbsp;tariff<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/13/trumps-100-tariff-threat-history-of-us-trade-measures-against-china">&nbsp;</a>war&nbsp;more than compensated for by shipments to other markets, new data shows. Figures released by China&rsquo;s General Administration of Customs on Monday showed the trade surplus for the first 11 months of the year hit $1.08 trillion in November, as exports climbed 5.9 percent year-on-year that month, reversing a 1.1 percent decline the month prior. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Research Director of the Centre for Africa- China studies, Dr Emmanuel Matambo and Economist and Director at Econometrix, Dr Azar Jammine.&nbsp;

China trade surplus tops $1tn for first time amid pivot to counter US lull

A new report by the National Planning Commission (NPC) shows that there is a significant build-up of capital in the economy that is not being reinvested in gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), but which needs to be circulated through transactions to drive growth and development. 

'The Transformation of South Africa's Monetary Architecture 1983 - 2024' report assesses South Africa’s monetary architecture, which is the interconnected web of public, private and hybrid balance sheets that channel credit, allocate capital and govern investment. Bongi Gwala is in conversation with the NPC report Commissioner, Prof Mark Swilling. 

A new report by the National Planning Commission (NPC) shows that there is a significant build-up of capital in the economy that is not being reinvested in gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), but which needs to be circulated through transactions to drive growth and development.&nbsp;
'The Transformation of South Africa's Monetary Architecture 1983 - 2024' report assesses South Africa&rsquo;s monetary architecture, which is the interconnected web of public, private and hybrid balance sheets that channel credit, allocate capital and govern investment. Bongi Gwala is in conversation with the NPC report Commissioner, Prof Mark Swilling.&nbsp;

Reconfiguring South Africa’s Financial Architecture to Promote Development: The National Planning Commission releases a report identifying elasticity spaces

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