15 August 2012, 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 news of the day including the latest plans for National Health Insurance in South Africa. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Nicky Newton-King, CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on their interim results; Merina Willemse, Economist at the Efficient Group on the latest retails sales from Statistics South Africa; Michael Mark, CEO of Truworths International on their latest results; Theo Swanepoel, Property Analyst at FNB Home Loans on the Gauteng Residential Property Market; Peter Swatton, CFO of Italtile on their interim results; and Gerhard Joubert, Head of Group Marketing and Stakeholder Relations at PPS on their latest Graduate Professional Index. Analyst for the evening, Ricus Reeders, Portfolio Manager at PSG Konsult provided commentary on various interest points that made the day's headlines. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Investing in Skills in South Africa" with guests Richard Pike, CEO of Adcorp Holdings; Ngoako Selamolela, President of the South African Students Congress; Joel Dikgole, CEO of W&RSETA; and Dr Annelie Lotriet, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Higher Education and Training at the Democratic Alliance with commentary from Derick Gideon, Executive at Retail Relate.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 10: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Interim Results

Guest:

Nicky Newton-King
CEO
Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)

Commentator:

Ricus Reeders
Portfolio Manager
PSG Konsult

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Segment 3:

Latest Retail Sales Figures from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Guest:

Merina Willemse
Economist
Efficient Group

Commentator:

Ricus Reeders
Portfolio Manager
PSG Konsult

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Segment 4:

Report on the Latest Plans for National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa

Reporter:

Jonathan Adams 

Commentator:

Ricus Reeders
Portfolio Manager
PSG Konsult

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Segment 5:

Truworths International Results for the 53 Weeks Ended 1 July 2012

Guest:

Michael Mark
CEO
Truworths International

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Segment 6:

Gauteng Residential Property Market

Guest:

Theo Swanepoel
Property Analyst
FNB Home Loans

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Segment 7:

Italtile Interim Results

Guest:

Peter Swatton
CFO
Italtile

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Segment 8:

PPS Graduate Professionals Confidence Index

Guest:

Gerhard Joubert
Head of Group Marketing and Stakeholder Relations
PPS

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Segment 9:

Commentary on the Chinese Markets, Lonmin Violence and the Road Freight Association (RFA) Court Dismissal

Commentator:

Ricus Reeders
Portfolio Manager
PSG Konsult

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Segment 10:

Investing in Skills in South Africa

Guests (panel discussion):

Richard Pike
CEO
Adcorp Holdings

Ngoako Selamolela
President
South African Students Congress (SASCO)

Joel Dikgole
CEO
W&RSETA

Dr Annelie Lotriet
Member of Parliament, and
Shadow Minister of Higher Education and Training
Democratic Alliance (DA)

Commentator:

Derick Gideon
Executive
Retail Relate

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