29 March 2012, Thursday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, John Fraser 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 day’s news. John Fraser also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Ettienne Le Roux, Chief Economist at the Rand Merchant Bank on the outcomes of the Monetary Policy Committee Interest Rate Announcement; Gerbrand Smit, Fund Manager at NeFG Fund Managers on the legal battle between MTN and Turkcell; Brian Gilbertson, Chairman of Pallinghurst Resources on their new mega platinum mine; and Adrian Saville, Consulting Economist at Visa on debit cards taking over a share of wallet from cash in South Africa. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, John chaired a thirty-minute discussion on the weekly topic, namely China in Africa with guests Conrad Hendry, Regional Manager at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council; Hannah Edinger, Senior Manager and Head of Research Strategy at Frontier Advisory; and Bonang Mohale, Country Chairman and Vice President of Shell South Africa.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 6: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business News Update

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Segment 2:

Monetary Policy Committee Interest Rate Announcement

Reporter:

Mosehla Gwangwa

Guest:

Ettienne Le Roux
Chief Economist
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

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Segment 3:

Legal Battle Between MTN and Turkcell

Reporter:

Jonathan Adams

Guest:

Gerbrand Smit
Fund Manager
NeFG Fund Management

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Segment 4:

New Mega Platinum Mine

Guest:

Brian Gilbertson
Chairman
Pallinghurst Resources

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Segment 5:

Debit Cards Taking Over a Share of Wallet from Cash in South Africa

Guest:

Adrian Saville
Consulting Economist
Visa

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Segment 6:

China In Africa

Guests (panel discussion):

Conrad Hendry
Regional Manager
Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)

Hannah Edinger
Senior Manager and Head of Research Strategy
Frontier Advisory

Bonang Mohale
Country Chairman and Vice President
Shell South Africa

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