22 February 2012, Wednesday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, John Fraser broadcast the business and economic news of the day followed by up-to-date financial indicators, and the Classic Business and News teams reported on the financial results of Imperial and Blue Label Telecoms. John Fraser also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Tony Twine, Senior Economist and Director at Econometrix, and Annabel Bishop, Group Economist at Investec on the January Consumer Price Index from Statistics South Africa; and Grant Pattison, CEO of Massmart on the company's interim results. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, John chaired a thirty-minute discussion on the weekly topic namely the Budget speech with guests Tony Twine, Senior Economist and Director at Econometrix; Billy Joubert, Director of Tax at Deloitte; Annabel Bishop, Group Economist at Investec; Nick Holland, CEO of Gold Fields; and Andrew Wellsted, National Head of Tax at Norton Rose.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 5: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business News Update

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Segment 2:

Report on Imperial and Blue Label Telecoms Results

Reporter:

Jonathan Adams

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Segment 3:

January Consumer Price Index (CPI) from Statistics South Africa

Guests:

Tony Twine
Senior Economist and Director
Econometrix

Annabel Bishop
Group Economist
Investec

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Segment 4:

Massmart Interim Results 

Guest:

Grant Pattison
CEO
Massmart

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Segment 5:

The Budget

Guests (panel discussion):

Tony Twine
Senior Economist and Director
Econometrix

Billy Joubert
Director of Tax
Deloitte 

Annabel Bishop
Group Economist
Investec

Nick Holland
CEO
Gold Fields

Andrew Wellsted
National Head of Tax
Norton Rose

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