
Moneyweb brings you the latest in business and financial news in our new morning podcast: MoneywebNOW with Simon Brown. The show will offer the latest in business, trading and company news to best prepare listeners for the day ahead. It will be live-streamed via the Moneyweb website and mobile app between 06:30 and 06:50.
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![[TOP STORY] Asimov's ‘I Robot’ playing out?](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.iono.fm%2Ffiles%2Fp216%2Flogo_5240_20251023_104213_1400.jpeg&w=256&q=75)
Viv Govender from Rand Swiss lays out the AI safety debate: Navigating global risks, regulation, and the future of advanced intelligence.

Danie Dörfling from Moore Infinity unpacks strong momentum as earnings hit the R7 billion target a year early, plus a Bytes Tech update the market loved. Viv Govender from Rand Swiss asks whether talk of an AI slowdown is real, necessary or opportunistic – and what it could mean for AI-related stocks. Plus, Simon on catching falling knives: buying shares on the way down … only to watch them keep falling.
![[TOP STORY] Why private capital needs a stronger pipeline of investable projects](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.iono.fm%2Ffiles%2Fp216%2Flogo_5240_20251023_104213_1400.jpeg&w=256&q=75)
Trevino Ramsamy from STANLIB Asset Management argues for unlocking SA's economic growth through infrastructure investment by pension funds.

Petri Redelinghuys from Herenya Capital Advisors unpacks the overnight FOMC rate decision and asks whether the party is over for gold. Cobus Loots, CEO of Pan African Resources, discusses record results and plans to grow production despite rising costs. Plus, Trevino Ramsamy from STANLIB Asset Management on why private capital needs a stronger pipeline of investable projects.
![[TOP STORY] Expanding SA-China economic partnerships makes sense](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.iono.fm%2Ffiles%2Fp216%2Flogo_5240_20251023_104213_1400.jpeg&w=256&q=75)
China’s zero-tariff policy, ‘when you're doing your numbers and looking at margins, looking at that certainty … starts to really make a good case for why the East is worth considering’ by certain African businesses and sectors: Luthando Vuba from Standard Bank Business and Commercial Banking

Zimele Mbanjwa from FNB Wealth & Investments unpacks the Premier Group update, which now includes RFG, the likely closure of its fruit-processing plant, and the latest from iOCO. Jackie van Niekerk, CEO of Attacq, discusses strong full-year results, with both office and logistics delivering. Luthando Vuba from Standard Bank looks at China’s new zero-tariff policy and the opportunities it could unlock for African businesses
![[TOP STORY] Navigating market fundamentals, education, and discipline in financial success](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.iono.fm%2Ffiles%2Fp216%2Flogo_5240_20251023_104213_1400.jpeg&w=256&q=75)
Author Bandile Mathebula urges students seeking wealth from the markets not to leave their studies before acquiring the skills and knowledge necessary for investing and trading.

Alyssa Viljoen, MD at Merchant West Investments, unpacks Optasia’s strong H1 results and the guidance pointing to a much weaker H2. Warren Buys from Private Client Holdings weighs in on rising US bond yields as the 10-year hits 5.0%. Plus, Bandile Mathebula, founder of Shares Worldwide, discusses his ‘Fundamentals Never Lie’ tour across local tertiary campuses.
![[TOP STORY] Insights on Karoo wind energy and grid expansion](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.iono.fm%2Ffiles%2Fp216%2Flogo_5240_20251023_104213_1400.jpeg&w=256&q=75)
CEO Mark Tanton explains how, because Eskom could not progress with its grid plans, Red Cap Energy developed a parallel 132kv transmission line running near the Tsitsikamma River area up to Port Elizabeth.

Nick Kunze from Sanlam Private Wealth unpacks US inflation ahead of Wednesday’s FOMC announcement, plus trading updates from Remgro and Life Healthcare. Mark Tanton, CEO of Red Cap Energy, discusses the transmission-line challenges facing the Eastern Cape’s wind power build-out. And Frikkie van Loggerenberg, CEO IFSA Asset Managers, reveals how hidden costs can quietly eat into your portfolio returns.