2 October 2013, Wednesday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, Anchor Glenn Lewington broadcast a half hour news bulletin featuring the top Business stories of the day followed by up-to-date financial indicators. Glenn also interviewed the newsmakers of the day: TJ Strydom, Business Reporter at the Times Newspaper, and Patrick Craven, Spokesman for the Congress of South African Trade Unions on the latest International Monetary Fund report; Ian Ollis, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Transport at the Democratic Alliance on a ministerial car rental scandal; Gareth Lloyd-Jones, Managing Director at Ecowize, and Loan Sharp, Labour Economist at Adcorp on their reaction to the decision to increase poultry import tariffs; Brooks Spector, Editor of the dailymaverick.co.za on the US Government shutdown and the debt ceiling; and Wayne Thring, Member of Parliament and Deputy President of the African Christian Democratic Party on the automotive sector strike; and James Masango, Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature and spokesman for Cooperative Governance at the Democratic Alliance on the Thaba Chweu Municipality. Market analyst for the evening Craig Pheiffer, General Manager at Absa Investments provided commentary on Abenomics winning praise, the impact of the US government shutdown, talks tabled to end an Amplats strike, hopes for an end to the automotive sector strike, and poultry tariff hikes good. In the second part of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "e-tolls Revisited" with guests John Clark, Social Worker and Freelance Writer; and Ari Sierlis, National Director of Quadpara South Africa with commentary by Brendan Seery, Executive Editor of the Saturday Star.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 9: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Headlines and Indicators

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Segment 2:

Latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) Report

Guests:

TJ Strydom
Business Reporter
The Times Newspaper

Patrick Craven
Spokesman
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

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Segment 3:

Ministerial Car Rental Scandal

Guest:

Ian Ollis
Member of Parliament, and
Shadow Minister of Transport at the Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Segment 4:

Reaction to the Decision to Increase Poultry Import Tariffs

Guests:

Gareth Lloyd-Jones
Managing Director
Ecowize

Loan Sharp
Labour Economist
Adcorp

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Segment 5:

US Government Shutdown and the Debt Ceiling

Guest:

Brooks Spector
Editor
dailymaverick.co.za 

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Segment 6:

Automotive Sector Strike

Guest:

Wayne Thring
Member of Parliament, and
Deputy President of the African Christian Democratic Party

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Segment 7:

Political and Administrative Woes of the Thaba Chweu Municipality Continue

Guest:

James Masango
Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, and
Spokesman for Cooperative Governance at the Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Segment 8:

Commentary on Abenomics winning praise, the impact of the US government shutdown, talks tabled to end an Amplats strike, hopes for an end to the automotive sector strike, and poultry tariff hikes good

Commentator:

Craig Pheiffer
General Manager
Absa Investments

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Segment 9:

e-tolls Revisited (Part Three)

Guests (panel discussion):

John Clark
Social Worker and Freelance Writer

Ari Sierlis
National Director
Quadpara South Africa

Commentator:

Brendan Seery
Executive Editor
The Saturday Star

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