13 October 2011, Thursday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, John Fraser broadcasted 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. John also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Gerbrand Smit, Fund Manager at NeFG Fund Management on doing business in Africa; Craig Terblanche, Managing Director of CXO Advisor on the need for board members to understand more about IT from a business, not technology, perspective; Jeremy Sampson, Executive Chairman at Interbrand Sampson on the reputational damage to Blackberry; and Pallie Botha, Senior Economist at Standard Bank on the latest mining production figures from Statistics South Africa. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, John chaired a thirty-minute discussion on the weekly topic namely The Property Business with Marc Wainer, Chief Executive Officer of Redefine Properties; Pallie Botha, Senior Economist at Standard Bank; Gerbrand Smit, Fund Manager at NeFG Fund Management; Billy Joubert, Director at Deloitte; and John Vorster, Director of PSG Online Trading.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 6: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business News Update

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Segment 2

Doing Business in Africa

Guest:

Gerbrand Smit
Fund Manager
NeFG Fund Management

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Segment 3

IT in Business

Guest:

Craig Terblanche
Managing Director
CXO Advisor

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Segment 4:

Reputational Damage to Blackberry

Guest:

Jeremy Sampson
Executive Chairman
Interbrand Sampson

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Segment 5:

Latest Mining Production Figures from Statistics South Africa

Guest:

Pallie Botha
Senior Economist
Standard Bank

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Segment 6:

The Property Business

Guests (panel discussion):

Marc Wainer
Chief Executive Officer
Redefine Properties

Pallie Botha
Senior Economist
Standard Bank

John Vorster
Director
PSG Online Trading

Billy Joubert
Director
Deloitte

Gerbrand Smit
Fund Manager
NeFG Fund Management

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