17 October 2013, Thursday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, Anchor Glenn Lewington broadcast a half hour news bulletin featuring the top Business stories of the day followed by up-to-date financial indicators including the Gautrain expanding operations, and a business body warning that intellectual property legislation could scare off investors. Glenn also interviewed the newsmakers of the day: Brooks Spector, Assistant Editor, and US Political Expert from the dailymaverick.co.za on the United States making a last minute deal to raise the debt ceiling and reopen government; Jack van der Merwe, CEO of the Gautrain Management Agency on expanding operations; Anton Alberts, Parliamentary Spokesman at the Freedom Front Plus on measures excluded from the e-toll Act; Richard Pike, CEO of Adcorp on their latest financial results; Michael Cowen, Director of Digital at Deloitte on a digitally driven, splintered retail world at Consumer Goods Council of South Africa Summit 2013; and Rafia Qureshi, Manager of the Philanthropy Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East at J.P. Morgan on their Small Medium Enterprise Catalyst for Growth Programme. Market analyst for the evening Sisa Ntshona, Head of Business Banking and Enterprise Development at Absa provided commentary on the United States Congress ending a default threat, a surprise rise in Small Medium Enterprise employer numbers, a watchdog slamming Chinese firms over transparency, the Rand hitting near three-week highs, and the gold price rising over 40 Dollars today. In the second part of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "National General Election 2014" with guests Tersia Wessels, Acting Leader of the Caucus of the Gauteng Legislature from the Congress of the People; and Aubrey Matshiqi, Research Fellow at the Helen Suzman Foundation with commentary by Ranjeni Munusamay, Senior Politics Reporter at the dailymaverick.co.za; and Karima Brown, Political Analyst and Editor in Chief at Forbes Woman Africa.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 10: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Headlines and Indicators

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Segment 2:

Gautrain to Expand Operations

Reporter:

Jonathan Adams

Guest:

Brooks Spector
Assistant Editor and US Political Expert
Daily Maverick (dailymaverick.co.za)

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Segment 3:

Report on Moody’s Comments on South Africa’s Credit Amnesty

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 4:

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) and the Department of Transport Omitting Key Measures from the e-toll Bill

Guest:

Anton Alberts
Parliamentary Spokesman
Freedom Front Plus (FFP)

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Segment 5:

Report on Intellectual Property Legislation Could Scare off Investors

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 6:

Adcorp Financial Results

Reporter:

Richard Pike
CEO
Adcorp

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Segment 7:

A Digitally Driven, Splintered Retail World at the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa Summit 2013

Guest:

Michael Cowen
Director of Digital
Deloitte

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Segment 8:

Small Medium Enterprise Catalyst for Growth Programme

Guest:

Rafia Qureshi
Manager of the Philanthropy Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East
J.P. Morgan

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Segment 9:

Commentary on the United States Congress ending a default threat, a surprise rise in Small Medium Enterprise employer numbers, a watchdog slamming Chinese firms over transparency, the Rand hitting near three-week highs, and the gold price rising over 40 Dollars today

Commentator:

Sisa Ntshona
Head of Business Banking and Enterprise Development
Absa

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Segment 10:

2014 National General Election (Part Four)

Guests (panel discussion):

Tersia Wessels
Acting Leader of the Caucus of the Gauteng Legislature
Congress of the People (COPE)

Aubrey Matshiqi
Research Fellow
Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF)

Commentators:

Ranjeni Munusamay
Senior Politics Reporter
Daily Maverick (dailymaverick.co.za)

Karima Brown
Political Analyst and Editor in Chief
Forbes Woman Africa

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