20 August 2013, Tuesday

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 including AngloGold announcing that its Ghana mine is unsustainable, and Imperial Holdings, SuperGroup, Blue Label Telecoms, and Emira Property Fund financial results. Glenn also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Whitey Basson, CEO of Shoprite on their financial results; John Loos, Household and Property Sector Strategist at FNB on the South African Reserve Bank leading indicator; and Paul Joubert, Senior Researcher at the Solidarity Research Institute on their latest bank charges survey. Market Analyst Nerina Visser, Head of Beta Solutions at Nedbank Capital provided commentary on President Zuma saying that the BRICS nations are becoming a global force, the situation remaining tense at Lonmin, the Rand diving as investors dump risky assets, Asian markets falling on US Federal Reserve sentiment, and emerging market currencies remaining under pressure. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Farm Murders" with guests Ernst Roets, Deputy CEO of AfriForum; Jean Kriek, Gauteng Spokesman for the Freedom Front Plus; and Kobus Breytenbach, Chairman of the Safety and Security Committee at Agri-SA with commentary from Roelien Schutte, Author of the book "Blood Sisters" and Co-founder of Crime Scene Clean-up.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 12: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Headlines and Indicators

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Segment 2:

Update on Social Grant Payment System

Guest:

Michael Miebach
President
Mastercard Middle East and Africa

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Segment 3:

Shoprite Year-end Financial Results

Guest:

Whitey Basson
CEO
Shoprite

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Segment 4:

South African Reserve Bank Leading Business Cycle

Guest:

John Loos
Household and Property Sector Strategist
FNB

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Segment 5:

Solidarity Bank Charges Survey

Guest:

Paul Joubert
Senior Researcher
Solidarity Research Institute

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Segment 6:

Report on AngloGold's Ghana Mine Unsustainable

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 7:

Report on Imperial Holdings Financial Results

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 8:

Report on SuperGroup Financial Results

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 9:

Report on Blue Label Telecoms Annual Financial Results

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 10:

Report on Emira Property Fund Financial Results

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 11:

Commentary on President Zuma stating that the BRICS nations are becoming a global force, the situation remains tense at Lonmin, the Rand diving as investors dump risky assets, Asian markets falling on US Federal Reserve sentiment, and emerging market currencies remain under pressure

Commentator:

Nerina Visser
Head of Beta Solutions
Nedbank Capital

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Segment 12:

Farm Murders (Part Two)

Guests (panel discussion):

Ernst Roets
Deputy CEO
AfriForum

Jean Kriek
Gauteng Spokesman
Freedom Front Plus (FFP)

Kobus Breytenbach
Chairman of the Safety and Security Committee
Agri-SA

Commentator:

Roelien Schutte
Author of the Book "Blood Sisters", and
Co-founder of Crime Scene Clean-up

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