18 September 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 Lonmin miners accepting the new wage offer, Amplats resuming its operations in the North West, and the success of the International Small Business Congress. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Lullu Krugel, Senior Economist at KPMG on the Quarterly Employment Figures from Statistics South Africa; Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist at First National Bank on the FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index; Shane Thoresson, Operations Director at Cashbuild on their annual results; Celeste Fauconnier, Africa Analyst at Rand Merchant Bank on South Africa still being the main investor destination in Africa; Chris de Kock, Executive Head of Sales and Marketing at WesBank on the importance of deregistering your vehicle; and Clayton Booysen, ISV and Developer Relations Lead at IBM South Africa on the launch of their Global Entrepreneur Programme. Analyst for the evening, Bruce Main, Director at Ivy Asset Management 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 Sara Gon, Operations Manager at the Helen Suzman Foundation; Peter Aling, Quantitative Analyst at Prophet Analytics; Azar Jammine, Chief Economist and Director at Econometrix; Sej Motau, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Labour at the Democratic Alliance with commentary from Kirsten Morgendaal, Area Director at Regus.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 13: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

June Quarterly Employment Statistics Survey from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Guest:

Lullu Krugel
Senior Economist
KPMG

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Segment 3:

Report on Anglo Platinum (Amplats) Resuming Operations in the North West

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 4:

First National Bank (FNB) Bureau of Economic Research (BER) Consumer Confidence Index

Guest:

Cees Bruggemans
Chief Economist
First National Bank (FNB)


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Segment 5:

Report on the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) Taking Legal Action Against the Department of Public Works

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 6:

Commentary on Lonmin Strikers Accepting the New Pay Offer and the Strengthening Rand

Commentator:

Bruce Main
Director
Ivy Asset Management

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Segment 7:

Cashbuild Annual Results

Guest:

Shane Thoresson
Operations Director
Cashbuild

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Segment 8:

South Africa is Still Africa’s Top Investment Destination

Guest:

Celeste Fauconnier
Africa Analyst
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

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Segment 9:

Failing to Deregister Vehicles May Result in Financial Liabilities

Guest:

Chris de Kock
Executive Head of Sales and Marketing
WesBank

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Segment 10:

Report on the Success of the International Small Business Congress

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 11:

Global Entrepreneur Programme

Guest:

Clayton Booysen
ISV and Developer Relations Lead
IBM South Africa

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Segment 12:

Commentary on Shell Halting Arctic Drilling and the Private Sector Needing to Invest More

Commentator:

Bruce Main
Director
Ivy Asset Management

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Segment 13:

South Africa's Labour Force

Guests (panel discussion):

Sara Gon
Operations Manager
Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF)

Peter Aling
Quantitative Analyst
Prophet Analytics

Sej Motau
Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Labour
Democratic Alliance (DA)

Azar Jammine
Chief Economist and Director
Econometrix

Commentator:

Kirsten Morgendaal
Area Director
Regus

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