18 June 2013, 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 day’s news including SABMiller signing a cooperation agreement with Kopparberg. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Laura Campbell, Economist at Econometrix on the Quarterly Employment Figures for the first quarter of this year; Nazeem Martin, Managing Director at Business Partners on Small Medium Enterprise owners expressing low confidence in South African labour laws helping businesses; Sizwe Nxedlana, Chief Economist at FNB on the BER/FNB Building Confidence Index for the second quarter; Linden Birns, Spokesman at Airbus, Sub-Sahara Africa on the new deal struck by South Africa and Airbus; David Wolpert, CEO of the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of South Africa on the import information agreement reached; Rhys Dyer, CEO of Ooba on setting a new record high on home loan approval rates; and Richard Broeke, Sales Manager at Securicom on how browsing legitimate sites can put company data at risk. Market Analyst for the evening Mia Kruger, Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Kruger International provided commentary on Standard Bank cutting jobs, the Rand, bonds being softer after poor auction and violent crime harming South Africa’s economy. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "South Africa’s Arms of Justice" with guests Bulelwa Makeke, Head of Communications at the National Prosecuting Authority; Advocate Johan Kruger, Director at the Centre for Constitutional Rights; and Advocate Luzelle Adams, Member of Parliament and Administrative Whip at the Congress of the People with commentary from Franny Rabkin, Law and Constitution Writer at Business Day; and Stuart Theobald, Columnist at Business Day, and Editor of Investors Monthly.

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:

Quarterly Employment Statistics for March 2013 from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Guest:

Laura Campbell
Economist
Econometrix

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Segment 3:

Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Express Low Confidence Levels in South African Labour Laws

Guest:

Nazeem Martin
Managing Director
Business Partners Limited

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Segment 4:

FNB/BER Building Confidence Index for the Second Quarter of the Year

Guest:

Sizwe Nxedlana
Chief Economist
First National Bank (FNB)

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Segment 5:

South Africa Strikes New Deal with Airbus

Guest:

Linden Birns
Spokesman
Airbus Sub-Sahara Africa

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Segment 6:

Chicken Import Information Agreement Reached

Guest:

David Wolpert
CEO
Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of South Africa

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Segment 7:

Ooba Sets Five-year Home Loan Approval High

Guest:

Rhys Dyer
CEO
Ooba

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Segment 8:

Report on SABMiller Signing a Cooperation Agreement with Kopparberg

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 9:

Browsing Legitimate Sites Can Put Company Data at Risk

Guest:

Richard Broeke
Sales Manager
Securicom


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Segment 10:

Report on the Awarding of a New National Lottery Operating Licence to be Scrutinised

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 11:

Commentary on Standard Bank cutting jobs, the Rand, bonds softer after poor auction and violent crime harming South Africa’s economy

Commentator:

Mia Kruger
Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager
Kruger International

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Segment 12:

South Africa's Arms of Justice (Part One)

Guests (panel discussion):

Bulelwa Makeke
Head of Communications
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)

Advocate Johan Kruger
Director
Centre for Constitutional Rights

Advocate Luzelle Adams
Member of Parliament, and
Administrative Whip for the Congress of the People (COPE)

Commentators:

Franny Rabkin
Law and Constitution Writer
Business Day

Stuart Theobald
Columnist at Business Day, and
Editor of Investors Monthly

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