10 November 2011, 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 current business news matters including the annual results of Business Connexion. John also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Nick Holland, CEO of Gold Fields on Julius Malema's suspension and their quarterly results; Christo Luüs, Economist at EcoQuant on the South African Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee's interest rate announcement and South African banks facing a downgrade by Moody's; Loane Sharp, Labour Market Analyst at Adcorp Holdings on their latest Employment Index; and Ralph Boëttger, CEO of Sappi on their quarterly results. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, John chaired a thirty-minute discussion on the weekly topic namely The Triggers for Growth in Africa: The Financial Deepening with guests Simon Freemantle, Senior Analyst of the African Political Economy Unit at Standard Bank; Mfundo Nkuhlu, Managing Executive of Nedbank Corporate; Martyn Davies, CEO of Frontier Advisory; Loane Sharp, Labour Market Analyst at Adcorp Holdings; and Nick Holland, CEO of Gold Fields.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 9: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business News Update

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Segment 2:

Nick Holland's Response to Julius Malema's Suspension

Guest:

Nick Holland
CEO
Gold Fields

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Segment 3:

South African Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee's Interest Rate Announcement

Guest:

Christo Luüs
Economist
EcoQuant

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Segment 4:

Latest Adcorp Holdings Employment Index

Guest:

Loane Sharp
Labour Market Analyst
Adcorp Holdings


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Segment 5:

South African Banks Facing a Downgrade by Moody's

Guest:

Christo Luüs
Economist
EcoQuant

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Segment 6:

Gold Fields Quarterly Results

Guest:

Nick Holland
CEO
Gold Fields

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Segment 7:

Report on the Business Connexion Annual Results

Reporter:

Jonathan Adams

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Segment 8:

Sappi Quarterly Results

Guest:

Ralph Boëttger
CEO
Sappi

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Segment 9:

The Triggers for Growth in Africa

Guests (panel discussion):

Simon Freemantle
Senior Analyst of the African Political Economy Unit
Standard Bank

Mfundo Nkuhlu
Managing Executive
Nedbank Corporate

Martyn Davies
CEO
Frontier Advisory

Loane Sharp
Labour Market Analyst
Adcorp Holdings

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