18 July 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 day's news including the July rates increase in the City of Johannesburg, banks in Spain and Switzerland, and the South Korean banks investigation. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB on their latest Consumer Confidence Index; Mmatsatsi Ramawela, CEO of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa on its second quarter of 2012 Tourism Business Confidence Index; Syd Vianello, Retail Analyst at Nedbank on the latest Retail Sales figures from Statistics South Africa; Nicky Weimer, Senior Economist at Nedbank on the June Consumer Price Index figures, also from Statistics South Africa; Madalet Session, Economist at BoE Private Clients on the repo rate; and Tracey Webster, CEO of the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship on partnering with Desmond Tutu and corporates. Analyst for the evening, Charl Bester, Wealth Manager at Kruger International 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 "A Business Response to the National Development Plan" with guests Miriam Altman, Member of the National Planning Commission; Senamile Mazibuko, Sector Manager at Saint-Gobain; and Tracey Webster, CEO of the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 13: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

FNB/BER Second Quarter for 2012 Consumer Confidence Index

Guest:

Cees Bruggemans
Chief Economist
First National Bank (FNB)

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Segment 3:

Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) Second Quarter for 2012 Tourism Business Confidence Index

Guest:

Mmatsatsi Ramawela
CEO
Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA)

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Segment 4:

Commentary on Consumer Confidence Stemming from the Retail Sales Figures from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Commentator:

Charl Bester
Wealth Manager
Kruger International

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Segment 5:

Retail Sales Figures for May of 2012 from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Guest:

Syd Vianello
Retail Analyst
Nedbank

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Segment 6:

Report on the City of Johannesburg Municipal Rates Increase

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 7:

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Repo Rate Announcement

Guest:

Madalet Sessions
Economist
BoE Private Clients

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Segment 8:

Commentary on Inflation, Sanyati and Nokia-Siemens

Commentator:

Charl Bester
Wealth Manager
Kruger International

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Segment 9:

Report on Banks in Spain and Switzerland

Reporter:

Lee Kern

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Segment 10:

Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship and Desmond Tutu Team Up with Corporates for Education

Guest:

Tracey Webster
CEO
Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship

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Segment 11:

Report on South Korean Banks

Reporter:

Ayanda Melansi

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Segment 12:

Commentary on HSBC and Petrol Price Manipulation

Commentator:

Charl Bester
Wealth Manager
Kruger International

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Segment 13:

A Business Response to the National Development Plan

Guests (panel discussion):

Miriam Altman
Member
National Planning Commission

Senamile Mazibuko
Sector Manager
Saint-Gobain

Tracey Webster
CEO
Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship

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