12 June 2013, Wednesday

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 including the Bureau of Economic Research manufacturing results for the second quarter of the year. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Rob Jeffrey, Senior Economist at Econometrix on the costs of an alcohol advertising ban; Lavery Modise, Chairman of Routledge Modise on relations between employers and unions; Alastair Morphet, Director in the Finance and Banking Practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr on Mark Shuttleworth’s constitutional challenge of exchange controls; Sizwe Nxasana, CEO of FirstRand on the introduction of a new investment management franchise, Ashburton Investments; Wickus Botha, African Mining and Metals Leader at Ernst & Young South Africa on their latest Business Risks Facing Mining and Metals Report; Julien Marcilly, Head of Country Risk at Coface on their global economic outlook; and Mandi Glad, CEO of Keaton Energy on their latest financial results. Independent Market Analyst Ian Cruickshanks provided commentary on Lonmin being confident of averting a strike at its operations, the African National Congress proposing a new labour broker move, electricity market shake-up looming in the United Kingdom, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange firmer on bargain-hunting, and the Rand firming after a sharp fall. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Perspectives of Business and Interim Management" with guests Farhad Khan, Executive of Enterprise Business at the MTN Group; Brian Streak, Managing Executive at Business Beyond Boundaries; and Rob Gillespie, Managing Director of Functional Auditing Africa with commentary by Miles Crisp, CEO of SecureData.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 11: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Banning of Alcohol Advertising Could Affect Thousands of Jobs

Guess:

Rob Jeffrey
Senior Economist
Econometrix

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Segment 3:

Effective Relations Between Employers and Unionised Employees Needed

Guest:

Lavery Modise
Chairman
Routledge Modise

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Segment 4:

Report on the Bureau of Economic Research (BER) Manufacturing Results for the Second Quarter of the Year

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 5:

Exchange Control Case Involving Mark Shuttleworth

Guest:

Alastair Morphet
Director in the Finance and Banking Practice
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

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Segment 6:

FirstRand Introduces New Investment Management Franchise, Ashburton Investments

Guest:

Sizwe Nxasana
CEO
FirstRand

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Segment 7:

Business Risks Facing Mining and Metals 2013 Report

Guest:

Wickus Botha 
African Mining and Metals Leader
Ernst & Young South Africa

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Segment 8:

Global Economic Outlook

Guest:

Julien Marcilly
Head of Country Risk
Coface

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Segment 9:

Keaton Energy Annual Financial Results

Guest:

Mandi Glad
CEO
Keaton Energy

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Segment 10:

Commentary: Lonmin confident of averting a strike at its operations, the African National Congress proposes a new labour broker move, electricity market shake-up looming in the United Kingdom, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange firmer on bargain-hunting, and the Rand firming after a sharp fall

Commentator:

Ian Cruickshanks
Independent Market Analyst

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Segment 11:

Perspectives of Business and Interim Management (Part Three)

Guests (panel discussion):

Farhad Khan
Executive Enterprise Business
MTN Group

Brian Streak
Managing Executive
Business Beyond Boundaries

Rob Gillespie
Managing Director
Functional Auditing Africa

Commentator:

Miles Crisp
CEO
SecureData

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