16 October 2012, Tuesday

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 Johannesburg Stock Exchange buoyed by Gold Miners; a trading statement by Astral Foods; poor management costing the state billions; the Greek unemployment rate is on the rise; and the Pioneer Foods managing director retires. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist at First National Bank on the FNB/BER Civil Construction Confidence Index for the third quarter of 2012; Martin Kingston, CEO of Rothschild on Business Unity South Africa and French Mouvement Des Enterprises De France’s High Level Business Forum; Warren Bolttler, CEO of PFP Insurance Brokers on British Brokerage Price Forbes obtaining a licence to operate within South Africa; and Carlo Gonzaga, CEO of Taste Holdings on the company's interim results. Analyst for the evening, Mike Haworth, Managing Director at Applied Capital Insights 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 "Unfilled Positions in the Government: Local, Provincial and National" with guests Dumisani Langa, Provincial Secretary of the South African Municipal Workers Union; Fred Nel, Spokesman for Local Government in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature at the Democratic Alliance; and Advocate Anton Alberts, Parliamentary Spokesman for Public Service at the Freedom Front Plus with commentary from Demi Dudley, Western Cape Provincial Whip at the African Christian Democratic Party.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 12: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

First National Bank (FNB) / Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Civil Construction Confidence Index for the Third Quarter of 2012 

Guest:

Cees Bruggemans
Chief Economist
Frist National Bank (FNB)

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Segment 3:

Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) and French Mouvement Des Enterprises De France (MEDEF) High Level Business Forum

Guest:

Martin Kingston
CEO of Rothschild, and
Forum Chair for the BUSA MEDEF Forum 

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Segment 4:

Report on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Buoyed by Gold Miners and Astral Foods Trading Statement

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 5:

Report on Poor Management Costing the State Billions

Reporter:

Lee Kern


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Segment 6:

Report on the Greek Unemployment Rate Rising

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 7:

Commentary on the Continued Labour Unrest and Strikes Within the Mining Industry

Commentator:

Mike Haworth
Managing Director 
Applied Capital Insights

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Segment 8:

British Brokerage Price Forbes Obtains a Licence to Operate Within South Africa

Guest:

Warren Bolttler
CEO
PFP Insurance Brokers

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Segment 9:

Taste Holdings Interim Results

Guest:

Carlo Gonzaga
CEO
Taste Holdings

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Segment 10:

Report on the Pioneer Foods Managing Director Retiring 

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 11:

Pioneer Foods Managing Director Retires and 1time Airlines Missing their Interim Report Deadline 

Guest:

Mike Haworth
Managing Director 
Applied Capital Insights

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Segment 12:

Unfilled Positions in Government: Local, Provincial and National

Guests (panel discussion):

Dumisani Langa
Provincial Secretary
South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU)

Fred Nel
Spokesman for the Local Government in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Democratic Alliance (DA)

Fred Nel
Public Service Spokesman
Freedom Front Plus (FFP)

Commentator:

Demi Dudley
Western Cape Provincial Whip
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

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