17 September 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 the latest news regarding the strikes in South Africa's mining industry, and the possible petrol price hike. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Melanie Brown, Managing Director at Global Credit Ratings on government's response to the mining crisis; Rick Irving, Junior Associate at Merchantec Capital on their CEO Confidence Index; and Rob Kane, CEO of Vunani Property Investment Fund on their annual financial 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 "South Africa's Labour Force" with guests Johan Kruger, Head of Research at Solidarity; Marc Aston, Editor at FinWeek; Neville du Lucia, Director at Dale Carnegie Training; and Loane Sharp, Labour Market Analyst at Adcorp Holdings with commentary from Cheryllyn Dudley, Member of Parliament at the African Christian Democratic Party; and Cora de Vries, Labour Expert at Norton Rose.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 9: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Report on Another Anticipated Petrol Price Increase

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 3:

Government's Response to the Mining Dispute Affecting South Africa’s Credit Rating Negatively

Guest:

Melanie Brown
Managing Director
Global Credit Ratings

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Segment 4:

Report on the Current State of the Mining Industry in South Africa Amid the Strikes

Reporter:

Mosehla Gwangwa