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The business landscape has shifted fast due to Covid-19 and companies are having to pivot just as quickly to withstand the new terrain. But, where some businesses are being constrained by fairly priced capital, what role are private equity players playing amidst it all? Business Day TV touched base with the CEO of Agile Capital, Tshego Sefolo for more of the detail.

The Kisby investment fund is looking to raise as much as R5bn to support small businesses. This comes at a time when SMEs are feeling the pressure given the economic fallout from Covid-19. Business Day TV spoke to the fund 's chair Mark Barnes for more detail.

More than half of the unions at SAA have agreed to take severance packages but the majority unions are being accused of holding the airline to ransom as they have not given any indication whether they’ll agree to the retrenchment packages on offer. Business Day TV spoke to Christopher Shabangu, Deputy President of the SA Cabin Crew Association about their stance.

As Covid-19 causes our fiscal deficit to bulge even further, what role should and could incentives such as Section 12J play in supporting smes through this crisis? Michael Avery speaks toAnil Govind - Executive Director - Innovate Alternative Assets; Jonty Sacks, Jonty Sacks partner of Jaltech; Andrew Wellsted, tax partner at CMS RM Partners Inc; and Pavlo Phitidis CEO of Aurik Business Accelerator.

Prof Brian Kantor, an economist and former Chief Investment Strategist of Investec Wealth & Investment SA, talks about what the urgency of reforming the R200bn Covid loan guarantee scheme and what the Reserve Bank should be doing to support an economic recovery from the pandemic.

Embattled retailer Steinhoff is yet to fully recover from its accounting scandal that cam to light nearly three years ago. Business Day TV spoke to the company’s CFO Theodore De Klerk for more detail on the group's turnaround strategy