11 September 2013, Wednesday

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 including Glencore Xstrata halting part of its coal operations in Australia. Glenn also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Annabel Bishop, Economist at the Investec Group on manufacturing production data; Neren Rau, CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry on their latest trade conditions survey; Kobus Marais, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Public Service and Administration at the Democratic Alliance on the 2013 Management Performance Assessment Tool Report; Samantha Loring, Correspondent for CNBC Africa on the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 being held in China; Duncan McLeod, Editor of TechCentral on the release of two new iPhones; Nicolaas Kruger, CEO of MMI Holdings; Roland Sassoon, CEO of Sasfin and Asher Bohbot, CEO of EOH on the respective companies’ financial results. Market Analyst Ian Edwards, Wealth Manager at the deVere Group provided commentary on MMI holdings setting aside R500 million for Africa expansion, Taxpayers warned against free advice, new iPhones released, Asian stock rally takes a breather, and the Rand pulling back from a rally. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Mining and Construction" with guests Calvin Fennel, New Business Development Manager at Eqstra; Hein Schulenberg, Managing Director at Wirtgen; Dylan Chicken, General Manager at Shantui Africa; and James Lorimer, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources at the Democratic Alliance.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 12: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Headlines and Indicators

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Segment 2:

Manufacturing Production Data from Statistics South Africa

Guest:

Annabel Bishop
Economist
Investec Group

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Segment 3:

South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) Trade Conditions Survey

Guest:

Neren Rau
CEO
SACCI

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Segment 4:

Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) 2012/13 Report

Guest:

Kobus Marais
Member of Parliament, and
Shadow Minister of Public Service and Administration at the Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Segment 5:

Apple Unveils Two New iPhones

Guest:

Duncan McLeod
Editor
TechCentral

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Segment 6:

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in China

Guest:

Samantha Loring
Correspondent
CNBC Africa

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Segment 7:

MMI Holdings Full-year Results

Guest:

Nicolaas Kruger
CEO
MMI Holdings

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Segment 8:

Report on Glencore Halting Part of its Australian Operations

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 9:

EOH Annual Financial Results

Guest:

Roland Sassoon
CEO
Sasfin

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Segment 10:

EOH Annual Financial Results

Guest:

Asher Bohbot
CEO
EOH

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Segment 11:

Commentary on MMI holdings setting aside R500 million for Africa expansion, taxpayers warned against free advice, new iPhones released, Asian stock rally takes a breather, and the Rand pulling back from a rally

Commentator:

Ian Edwards
Wealth Manager
deVere Group

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Segment 12:

Mining and Construction (Part Three)

Guests (panel discussion):

Calvin Fennel
New Business Development Manager
Eqstra

Hein Schulenberg
Managing Director
Wirtgen

Dylan Chicken
General Manager
Shantui Africa

James Lorimer
Member of Parliament, and
Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources at the Democratic Alliance (DA)

Commentators:

Brian Clark
Managing Director
Diamond Products

Rodney Nelson
Mining Project Global Lead
KPMG

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