6 November 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 the US elections currently underway, gold mining companies resume production, BMW and Nissan global results, and Minister Gigaba denies that Mango is state subsidised. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Brand Pretorius, Chair of the Special Directors’ Affairs Sub-committee at Absa on the election of the new chairperson; Edward Masemola, Researcher for the Bureau of Market Research at the University of South Africa; Marc Sternberg, Managing Director at Spark ATM Systems on the launch of the new Mandela notes; Danie Meintjes, CEO of Mediclinic International on their annual results; and Mike Brown, Managing Director at etfSA.co.za on their performance survey. Analyst for the evening Francois du Plessis, Director at Vega Capital 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 analysis of the Census 2011 results with guests Pali Lehohla, Statistician-general at Statistics South Africa; Dr Miriam Altman, Member of the National Planning Commission and Economist at the Human Sciences Research Council; and Paul Joubert, Economic Researcher at the Solidarity Research Institute with commentary from Tim Harris, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Finance for the Democratic Alliance.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 12: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Appointment of Wendy Lucas-Bull as the New Chairperson of Absa

Guest:

Brand Pretorius
Chair of the Special Directors’ Affairs Sub-committee
Absa

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Segment 3:

Report on the United States Elections Currently Underway

Reporter:

Lee Kern

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Segment 4:

Household Income and Expenditure Patterns and Trends of 2010/2011

Guest:

Edward Masemola
Researcher for the Bureau of Market Research
University of South Africa (UNISA)

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Segment 5:

Launch of the New Mandela Notes

Guest:

Marc Sternberg
Managing Director
Spark ATM Systems

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Segment 6:

Commentary on the United States Elections and the Appointment of Wendy Lucas-Bull As the Absa Chairperson

Commentator:

Francois du Plessis
Director
Vega Capital

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Segment 7:

Mediclinic International (MDC) Annual Results

Guest:

Danie Meintjes
CEO
Mediclinic International

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Segment 8:

Report on Gold Mining Companies Finally Returning to Production

Reporter:

Mosehla Gwangwa

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Segment 9:

etfSA.co.za Monthly South African ETF, ETN and Index Tracking Product Performance Survey

Guest:

Mike Brown
Managing Director
etfSA.co.za

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Segment 10:

Report on Minister Gigaba Defending Mango as a Financially Independent Company

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 11:

Commentary on the Airlines War between Mango and Comair, the CPI Inflation Basket and the Private Healthcare Industry

Commentator:

Francois du Plessis
Director
Vega Capital

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Segment 12:

Analysis of the Census 2011 Results

Guests (panel discussion):

Pali Lehohla
Statistician-general
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Dr Miriam Altman
Member of the National Planning Commission, and
Economist at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

Paul Joubert
Economic Researcher
Solidarity Research Institute (SRI)

Commentator:

Tim Harris
Member of Parliament, and
Shadow Minister of Finance at the Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Mike Brown

Managing Director

etfSA.co.za

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