21 July 2011, Thursday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, Benedicta Dube broadcasted the business and economic news of the day followed by the latest financial indicators. Benedicta also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Gill Marcus, Governor of the Reserve Bank of South Africa and Mandla Maleka, Chief Economist at Eskom Treasury on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announcement; Chris Griffith, CEO of Kumba Iron Ore on their interim results; Nazir Alli, CEO of the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) on the G6 / the true cost of tolls; Siyabonga Gama, CEO of Transnet Freight Rail on the development of a freight hub for agricultural products; Johan Gouws, Chief Investment Officer at ABSA Multimanagement on the savings round table; and Qedani Mahlangu, MEC for Economic Development and Tourism on the tourism summit. There were also up-to-date reports from the Classic Business and News team on current business news topics, including the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announcement on interest rates. The weekly focus this week is on the current strike season. At 18h30, Benedicta Dube interviewed a panel of experts that comprised: Johan Gouws, Chief Investment Officer at ABSA Multimanagement; Mike Schussler, Chief Economist at Economists.co.za; and Lesiba Seshoka, Spokeman at NUM.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 10:           FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:                  

Business News Update

Presenter:

Benedicta Dube

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Segment 2:

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Announcement

Guest:

Gill Marcus
Governor
Reserve Bank of South Africa

Presenter: 

Benedicta Dube

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Segment 3:

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Announcement

Guest:

Mandla Maleka
Chief Economist
Eskom Treasury

Presenter: 

Benedicta Dube

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Segment 4:

Kumba Iron Ore Interim Results 

Guest:  

Chris Griffith
CEO
Kumba Iron Ore

Presenter:  

Benedicta Dube 

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Segment 5:

G6 / The True Cost of Tolls

Guest:

Nazie Alli
CEO
South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

Presenter:

Benedicta Dube

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Segment 6:

Development of a Freight Hub for Agricultural Products

Guest:

Siyabonga Gama
CEO
Transnet Freight Rail

Presenter: 

Benedicta Dube

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Segment 7:

Strike Wrap

Reporter (from the Classic Business and News team):

Lee Kern

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Segment 8:

Savings Round Table

Guest:

Johan Gouws
Chief Investment Officer
Absa Multimanagement

Presenter: 

Benedicta Dube

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Segment 9:

Tourism Summit

Guest:

Qedani Mahlangu
MEC
Economic Development and Tourism

Presenter:

Benedicta Dube

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Segment 10:

Current Strike Season

Guests (panel discussion):

Johan Gouws
Chief Investment Officer
Absa Multimanagement 

Mike Schussler
Chief Economist
Economists.co.za

Lesiba Seshoka
Spokeman
NUM

Presenter:  

Benedicta Dube

 DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO PODCAST HERE
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