14 August 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. Glenn also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: John Loos, Household and Property Sector Strategist at FNB on inter-provincial home buyer migration patterns; Mike Schussler, Chief Economist at Economists.co.za on the July BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index; Sifiso Dabengwa, CEO of MTN, Graham Briggs, CEO of Harmony Gold, Bruce Strong of CEO of Mpact, and Brandon Wood, Chief Financial Officer of Italtile on their respective companies' financial results; and Shelagh Gastrow, Executive Director Inyathelo, and Member of the Funding Practice Alliance on civil society warning parliament against a state-run lottery. Market Analyst Gerbrand Smit, Fund Manager at NeFG Fund Management provided commentary on June retail sales growth slowing, MTN probes former CFO's transactions, and Glencore's new mines boosting copper output. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Corporate Social Investments" with guests Ndiphiwe Ntuli, Group Specialist Stakeholder Management at the Airports Company South Africa; Setlogane Manchidi, Head of Corporate Social Investment at Investec; Shanda Paine, Group CSI Manager at Tsogo Sun; Oren Fuchs, Senior Investment Management, and Head of the Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility Portfolio at the Mineworkers Investment Company with commentary by Phil Faure, Head of Philanthropy at Citadel; and Dan Pollota, Internationally Recognised Charity Defender.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 10: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Headlines and Financial Indicators


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Segment 2:

Inter-provincial Repeat Home Buyer Migration Patterns

Guest:

John Loos
Household and Property Sector Strategist
FNB


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Segment 3:

July BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI)

Guest:

Mike Schussler
Chief Economist
Economists.co.za


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Segment 4:

MTN Interim Financial Results

Guest:

Sifiso Dabengwa
CEO
MTN


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Segment 5:

Harmony Gold Annual Results

Guest:

Graham Briggs
CEO
Harmony Gold


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Segment 6:

Mpact Mid-year Financial Results

Guest:

Bruce Strong
CEO
Mpact


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Segment 7:

Italtile Year-end Results

Guest:

Brandon Wood
Chief Financial Officer
Italtile


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Segment 8:

Civil Society Warns Parliament Against a State-run Lottery

Guest:

Shelagh Gastrow
Executive Director Inyathelo, and
Member of the Funding Practice Alliance


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Segment 9:

Commentary on June retail sales growth slowing, MTN probes former CFO's transactions, and Glencore's new mines boosting copper output

Commentator:

Paul Chakaduka
Trader
Global Trader


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Segment 10:

Corporate Social Investment Initiatives and Projects within the South African Context (Part Three)

Guests (panel discussion):

Ndiphiwe Ntuli
Group Specialist Stakeholder Management
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)

Setlogane Manchidi
Head of Corporate Social Investment
Investec

Shanda Paine
Group CSI Manager
Tsogo Sun

Oren Fuchs
Senior Investment Management, and Head of the Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility Portfolio
Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC)

Commentators:

Phil Faure
Head of Citadel
Philanthropy

Dan Pollota
Internationally Recognised Charity Defender

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