11 December 2012, Tuesday

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 strikes negatively affecting the gold output, Transnet approving the cruise terminal in Cape Town and FastJet promising cheap flights when they enter the South African market. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Annabel Bishop, Group Economist at Investec on the October retail sales and manufacturing production figures from Statistics South Africa; Neren Rau, CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry on their November Trade Conditions Survey; Gerrie van Biljon, Executive Director at Business Partners Limited on South Africa still tops for credit access according to the 2013 World Bank report; Saijil Singh, Lead Analyst at Coface on South Africa’s stable banking system and the micro-lending challenges it could face if interest rates rise; and Dr Amaleya Goneos-Malka, Communication Management Division at the University of Pretoria on the science behind marketing. Analyst for the evening Tshepo Modiba, Portfolio Manager at Cannon Asset Managers 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 Ebrahim Fakir, Political Analyst and Manager of Governance Institutions and Processes at the Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa; and Nickolaus Bauer, Journalist at the Mail & Guardian with commentary from Raymond Parsons, Professor at the Northwest University and Special Policy Advisor to Business Unity South Africa.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 12: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Retail Sales and Manufacturing Production Figures for October 2012 from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Guest:

Annabel Bishop
Group Economist
Investec

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Segment 3:

South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) November 2012 Trade Conditions Survey 

Guest:

Neren Rau
CEO
South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Segment 4:

Report on the Strikes Negatively Affecting Gold Output

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 5:

South Africa Still Tops for Credit Access According to the 2013 World Bank Report

Guest:

Gerrie van Biljon
Executive Director
Business Partners Limited

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Segment 6:

Commentary on the Strikes Negatively Affecting Gold Output, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Reaching a Record High and South African Manufacturing Beating Forecasts

Commentator:

Tshepo Modiba
Portfolio Manager
Cannon Asset Managers

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Segment 7:

South African Banking System Stable but could Face Micro-Lending Challenges if Interest Rates Rise

Guest:

Saijil Singh
Lead Analyst
Coface

  
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Segment 8:

Report on Transnet Approving the Cruise Terminal in Cape Town

Reporter:

Mosehla Gwangwa

 

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Segment 9:

Report on FastJet Promising Cheap Flights for the South African Market

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

 

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Segment 10:

2012 Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference - the Science behind Marketing

Guest:

Dr Amaleya Goneos-Malka
Communication Management Division
University of Pretoria (UP)

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Segment 11:

Commentary on the South African Formal Employment Rate, FastJet Promising Cheap Rates and Bonds Rallying on Weak Economic Data 

Commentator:

Tshepo Modiba
Portfolio Manager
Cannon Asset Managers

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Segment 12:

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

Guests (panel discussion):

Ebrahim Fakir
Political Analyst, and
Manager of Governance Institutions and Processes at the Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa (EISA)

Nickolaus Bauer
Journalist
Mail & Guardian

Commentator:

Raymond Parsons
Professor at the Northwest University, and
Special Policy Advisor to Business Unity South Africa (BUSA)

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