12 September 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 including the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa rejecting a pay offer. Glenn also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Ian Ollis, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Transport at the Democratic Alliance on road building finances; Gina Schoeman, Emerging Market Economist at the Citi Group on mining production data; Samantha Loring, Correspondent at CNBC Africa on the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in China; Mike Schussler, Chief Economist at Economists.co.za on the August BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index; and Pierre van Tonder, CEO of Spur, Derek Tod, CEO of DAWN, and Peter Cooper, CEO of RMI and RMB Holdings on their respective companies' financial results. Market Analyst Simon Brown, CEO and Founder of JustOneLap.com provided commentary on motor sector strikes, gold hitting a three-week low, the Bank of England saying its stimulus is working, Britain's jobless rate dipping, Greece scoring record unemployment; and the JSE reaching a record high. 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 Anton Bothma, Managing Director of Bobcat SA; and Craig Cerff, Sales and Marketing Director at Peri Formworks with commentary by Dr Anthea Jeffery, Head of Special Research at the South African Institute of Race Relations.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 11: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Headlines and Indicators

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Segment 2:

South African National Roads Agency Limited's (SANRAL) Irregular Expenditure of R3.3 billion

Guest:

Ian Ollis
Member of Parliament, and
Shadow Minister of Transport at the Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Segment 3:

Mining Production Data from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Guest:

Gina Schoeman
Emerging Market Economist
Citi Group

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Segment 4:

Report on the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (Numsa) Rejecting Pay Offer

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 5:

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

Guest:

Samantha Loring
Correspondent
CNBC Africa

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Segment 6:

August BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI)

Guest:

Mike Schussler
Chief Economist
Economists.co.za

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Segment 7:

RMI and RMB Holdings Financial Results

Guest:

Peter Cooper
CEO
RMI and RMB Holdings

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Segment 8:

Spur Annual Financial Results

Guest:

Pierre van Tonder
CEO
Spur

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Segment 9:

DAWN Year-end Financial Results

Guest:

Derek Tod
CEO
DAWN

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Segment 10:

Commentary on motor sector strikes, gold hitting a three-week low, the Bank of England saying its stimulus is working, Britain's jobless rate dipping, Greece scoring record unemployment, and the JSE reaching a record high

Commentator:

Simon Brown
CEO and Founder
JustOneLap.com

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Segment 11:

Mining and Construction (Part Four)

Guests (panel discussion):

Anton Bothma
Managing Director
Bobcat SA

Craig Cerff
Sales and Marketing Director
Peri Formworks

Commentator:

Dr Anthea Jeffery
Head of Special Research
South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

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