1 August 2013, Thursday

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: Andre Coetzee, Managing Director at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply on the Kagiso Purchasing Managers Index for July; John Loos, Household and Property Sector Strategist at First National Bank on their Monthly Residential Property Report and July House Price Index; Garth Barnes, Conservation Director at Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa on the proposed Drakensberg Cableway; Cyril Zhungu, General Manager of the Motor Division at WesBank on the July new vehicle sales figures; and CEOs Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita of ArcelorMittal South Africa, and Bruce Hemphill of Liberty on their respective companies' interim financial results. Market Analyst Paul Stewart, Head of Asset Management at Grindrod Asset Management provided commentary on Stefanutti's bid-rig fine increasing, shares up on the Federal Reserve stimulus news and company results from Investec, MTN, Liberty and ArcelorMittal. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Zimbabwe’s 2013 General Elections" with guests Bontshitswe Mothopeng, Chairman of Hola Bon Renaissance (HBR) Foundation; Mienke Steytler, Researcher at Good Governance Africa; and Andy Moyse, Director at the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe with commentary from Frans Cronje, Deputy CEO of the South African Institute of Race Relations.

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:

Kagiso Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for July

Guest:

Andre Coetzee
Managing Director
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)

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Segment 3:

Monthly Residential Property Report and July House Price Index (HPI)

Guest:

John Loos
Household and Property Sector Strategist
First National Bank (FNB)

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Segment 4:

Proposed Drakensberg Cableway

Guest:

Garth Barnes
Conservation Director
Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA)

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Segment 5:

July New Vehicle Sales Surprisingly Strongly on the Upside

Guest:

Cyril Zhungu
General Manager of the Motor Division
WesBank

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Segment 6:

ArcelorMittal South Africa Interim Financial Results

Guest:

Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita
CEO
ArcelorMittal South Africa

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Segment 7:

Liberty Interim Financial Results

Guest:

Bruce Hemphill
CEO
Liberty Group

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Segment 8:

Commentary on Stefanutti's bid-rig fine increasing, shares up on the Federal Reserve stimulus news and company results from Investec, MTN, Liberty and ArcelorMittal

Commentator:

Paul Stewart
Head of Asset Management
Grindrod Asset Management

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Segment 9:

Zimbabwe's 2013 General Elections (Part Four)

Guests (panel discussion):

Bontshitswe Mothopeng
Chairman
Hola Bon Renaissance (HBR) Foundation

Mienke Steytler
Researcher
Good Governance Africa (GGA)

Andy Moyse
Director
Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ)

Commentator:

Frans Cronje
Deputy CEO
South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

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