12 November 2012, Monday

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 a report that the United States may become the biggest oil producer by 2017. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Richard Pike, CEO of Adcorp Holdings on their October Employment Index; and David Williams, CEO of Avanti Communications on their satellite launched to provide services to Sub-Saharan Africa; CEOs Shameel Joosub of Vodacom, Peter Staude of Tongaat Hulett, Arnold Goldstone of Invicta Holdings, and Stefan Joselowitz of MiX Telematics on their respective companies' interim results. Analyst for the evening Mia Kruger, Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Kruger International 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 Amendments to Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment with guests Saul Symanowitz, Divisional Director at BEE123 by Pastel; Ismail Laher, Associate at Norton Rose; Faith Ngwenya, Technical and Standards Executive at the South African Institute of Professional Accountants; and Catherine Wijnberg, Director and Founder of Fetola with commentary from Shelagh Gastrow, Executive Director at Inyathelo.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 11: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

October Adcorp Employment Index

Guest:

Richard Pike
CEO
Adcorp Holdings

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Segment 3:

Vodacom Interim Results

Guest:

Shameel Joosub
CEO
Vodacom

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Segment 4:

Tongaat Hulett Interim Results

Guest:

Peter Staude
CEO
Tongaat Hulett