6 February 2013, Wednesday

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 day’s news. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Lullu Krugel, Senior Economist at KPMG on the latest employment figures; Sean Wainer, Country Manager at Citrix on labour and information mobility; Mandy Lamb, CEO of Visa South Africa on their Wealth Worries Survey; Fred Nel, Member of the Provincial Legislature, and Spokesman for the Gauteng Local Government at the Democratic Alliance on the City of Tshwane’s financial troubles; and Vusi Mabena, Senior Executive of Stakeholder Relations at the Chamber of Mines on the Mining Indaba. Market Analyst for the evening Ian Cruickshanks provided commentary on the statement by the President on the mining sector, the Mining Indaba, and movements in the Rand. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Investment Trends in 2013" with guests Mark Ingham, Director at Ingham Analytics; Andrew Newell, Head of Business Development at Cannon Asset Managers; Helena Conradie, Chief Investment Officer of Satrix at Sanlam Investment Management; and Paul Stewart, Head of Asset Management at Grindrod Asset Management with commentary by Etienne Nel, Director at Equity Express.

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:

Update on South Africa’s Labour Market

Guest:

Loane Sharp
Economist
Adcorp Analytics

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Segment 3:

Arcelor Mittal South Africa Full-year Results

Guest:

Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita
CEO
Arcelor Mittal South Africa

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Segment 4:

Proposals in the Draft Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill

Guest:

Clair Tucker
Director
Bowman Gilfillan