14 September 2011, Wednesday

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: Roland Sassoon, CEO of Sasfin on their annual results; Nicolaas Kruger, CEO of MMI Holdings, on their annual results; Sean Summers, Executive Director for Retail at Steinhoff International on the Annual South African Retailers Congress; and Dennis Dykes, Chief Economist at the Nedbank Group, and Mike Schussler, Chief Economist at Economists.co.za on the global crisis. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, John chaired a thirty-minute discussion on the weekly topic namely Privatising the Parastatals with guests Reginald Max, Associate Director at PwC; Mike Schussler, Chief Economist at Economists.co.za; Dennis Dykes, Chief Economist at the Nedbank Group; and Alec Erwin, Former Minister of Public Enterprises, and Consultant.

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:

South African Retailers Annual Congress

Guest:

Sean Summers
Executive Director for Retail
Steinhoff International

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Segment 3:

Sasfin Year-end Results

Guest:

Roland Sassoon
CEO
Sasfin

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Segment 4:

MMI Holdings Year-end Results

Guest:

Nicolaas Kruger
CEO
MMI Holdings

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Segment 5:

Global Crisis

Guests:

Mike Schussler
Chief Economist
Economists.co.za

Dennis Dykes
Chief Economist
Nedbank Group

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Segment 6:

Privatising the Parastatals

Guests (panel discussion):

Reginald Max
Associate Director
PwC

Mike Schussler
Chief Economist
Economists.co.za

Alec Erwin
Former Minister of Public Enterprises and Consultant

Dennis Dykes
Chief Economist
Nedbank Group

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14 September 2011, Wednesday

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