13 December 2012, Thursday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, Glenn Lewington 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 news of the day including the ruling by the North Gauteng High Court to dismiss an application to scrap e-tolls, Foodcorp fined millions for price fixing, and the United States keeping interest rates low and the Eurozone agreeing on a set of rules supervising banks. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: George Glynos, Managing Director and Economist at ETM on the November Producer Price Inflation figures from Statistics South Africa; Brad Gillis, CEO of the Payment Clearing House System Operator at BankservAfrica on the South African economy showing resilience; John Wilkinson, Retail and Consumer Leader in South Africa at PwC on South Africa’s retailers needing to align their business models with consumers’ expectations. Analyst for the evening Lavan Gopaul, Stockbroker at 28 E Capital provided commentary on various interest points that made the day's headlines. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely the process leading up to the ANC's elective conference in Mangaung with guests Sdumo Dlamini, President of the Congress of South African Trade Unions; Tshego Sefolo, Managing Director at Zungu Investments Company; Adam Habib, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Johannesburg; and Daniel Silke, Political Analyst and Director at Political Futures Consultancy with commentary from Simon Brown, CEO and Founder of JustOneLap.com.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 10: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Report on the Ruling by the North Gauteng High Court to Dismiss an Application to Scrap e-tolls in Gauteng

Reporter:

Mosehla Gwangwa

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Segment 3:

November Producer Price Inflation (PPI) Figures from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Guest:

George Glynos
Managing Director and Economist
ETM

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Segment 4:

Report on Foodcorp Fined Eighty Eight Million Rand for Price-fixing

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 5:

Report on the United States Keeping Interest Rates Low and the Eurozone Agreeing on a Set of Rules Supervising Banks

Reporter:

Lee Kern

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Segment 6:

Commentary on the North Gauteng High Court Dismissing an Application to Scrap e-tolls and the United States Keeping Interest Rates Low 

Commentator:

Lavan Gopaul
Stockbroker
28 E Capital

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Segment 7:

BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) for December 2012

Guest:

Brad Gillis
CEO of Payment Clearing House System Operator (PSO)
BankservAfrica

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Segment 8:

South Africa’s Retailers Need to Align their Business Models with Consumers’ Expectations

Guest:

John Wilkinson
Retail and Consumer Leader in South Africa
PwC

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Segment 9:

Commentary on Oil Producing Nations Increasing Supply Going Forward

Commentator:

Lavan Gopaul
Stockbroker
28 E Capital

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Segment 10:

Process Leading Up to the African National Congress (ANC) Elective Conference in Mangaung

Guests (panel discussion):

Sdumo Dlamini
President
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

Tshego Sefolo
Managing Director
Zungu Investments Company (Zico)

Adam Habib
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
University of Johannesburg (UJ)

Daniel Silke
Political Analyst and Director
Political Futures Consultancy

Commentator:

Simon Brown
CEO and Founder
JustOneLap.com

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