29 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 downgrade of South African banks by Moody's, and provided an update on consumer credit. John Fraser also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Konrad Reuss, MD for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa at Standard & Poor’s on the downgrade of South Africa's banks by Moody's; Alan Olivier, CEO of Grindrod on the company's interim results; Mike Brown, CEO of Nedbank on their results; Chris Venter, CEO of AFGRI on their interim results; and Stavros Nicolaous, Board Member of Manufacturing Circle on the Manufacturing Circle. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, John chaired a thirty-minute discussion on the weekly topic namely funding South Africa’s infrastructure expansion with guests Konrad Reuss, MD for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa at Standard & Poor’s; Jackie Mindlane, Director of Project Finance and Structuring at Norton Rose; Stavros Nicolaous, Board Member of Manufacturing Circle; and Monhla Hlahla, Former CEO of ACSA.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 9: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business News Update

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Segment 2:

Report on the Downgrade of Banks by Moody's

Reporter:

Lee Kern

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Segment 3:

Downgrade of Banks by Moody's

Guest:

Konrad Reuss
MD for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa
Standard & Poor’s

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Segment 4:

Report on Consumer Credit

Reporter:

Ayanda Melansi

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Segment 5:

Grindrod Interim Results

Guest:

Alan Olivier
CEO
Grindrod

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Segment 6:

Nedbank Results

Guest:

Mike Brown
CEO
Nedbank

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Segment 7:

AFGRI Interim Results  

Guest:

Chris Venter
CEO
AFGRI

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Segment 8:

Manufacturing Circle

Guest:

Stavros Nicolaous
Board Member
Manufacturing Circle

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Segment 9:

Funding South Africa’s Infrastructure Expansion

Guests (panel discussion):

Konrad Reuss
MD for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa
Standard & Poor’s

Jackie Mindlane
Director for Project Finance and Structuring
Norton Rose

Stavros Nicolaous
Board Member
Manufacturing Circle

Monhla Hlahla
Former CEO
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)       

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