10 October 2013, Thursday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, Anchor Glenn Lewington broadcast a half hour news bulletin featuring the top Business stories of the day followed by up-to-date financial indicators. Glenn also interviewed the newsmakers of the day: Loane Sharp, Labour Economist at Adcorp on the latest unemployment statistics; Merina Willemse, Economist at the Efficient Group on mining and manufacturing data; Mike Schussler, Chief Economist at Economists.co.za on the latest BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index; Theo Loock, Managing Director at Metair on their latest acquisition; Michael van Straaten, CEO of Verimark on their latest financial results; and Dave Christie, Global Product Specialist at Ashburton Investments on their investment outlook. Market analyst for the evening Liang Du, Head of Asset Allocation at Prescient Investment Management Capital provided commentary on the jobs crisis affecting the 2014 election, DRDGold and the National Union of Mineworkers reach a wage settlement, the Reserve Bank Governor foreseeing a difficult year for South Africa, US stocks remaining steady as an impasse drags on, and Sol Kerzner building a $1.5 billion Chinese resort. In the second part of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Fraud and Corruption" with guests Tersia Rossouw, Partner in the Forensic Department at KPMG; Gianmarco Lorenzi, Managing Director at Cleardata; Dave Loxton, Head of the Business Crime and Forensics Practice at Werksmans Attorneys with commentary by Frans Cronje, CEO of the South African Institute of Race Relations; and Bruce Thornton, Associate Director of Risk Advisory at Deloitte.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 9: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Headlines and Indicators

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Segment 2:

Adcorp Employment Index

Guest:

Loane Sharp
Labour Economist
Adcorp

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Segment 3:

Mining and Manufacturing Production

Guest:

Merina Willemse
Economist
Efficient Group

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Segment 4:

BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) Shows Sharp Downward Pressure on the Economy

Guest:

Mike Schussler
Chief Economist
Economists.co.za

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Segment 5:

Metair to Acquire Control of Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturer and Distributor

Guest:

Theo Loock
Managing Director 
Metair

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Segment 6:

Verimark Financial Results

Guest:

Michael van Straaten
CEO
Verimark

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Segment 7:

Ashburton Investments Global Outlook

Guest:

Dave Christie
Global Product Specialist
Ashburton Investments

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Segment 8:

Commentary on jobs crisis affecting the 2014 election, DRDGold and the National Union of Mineworkers reach wage settlement, the Reserve Bank Governor foreseeing a difficult year for South Africa, US stocks remaining steady as an impasse drags on, and Sol Kerzner building a $1.5 billion Chinese resort

Commentator:

Liang Du
Head of Asset Allocation
Prescient Investment Management

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Segment 9:

Fraud and Corruption (Part Four)

Guests (panel discussion):

Tersia Rossouw
Partner in the Forensic Department
KPMG

Gianmarco Lorenzi
Managing Director
Cleardata

Dave Loxton
Head of the Business Crime and Forensics Practice
Werksmans Attorneys

Commentators:

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

Bruce Thornton
Associate Director of Risk Advisory
Deloitte

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