26 March 2012, Monday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, John Fraser 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. John Fraser also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Theo Loock, Managing Director of Metair Investments for an update on the company's performance as reflected in their annual financial results; Sandra Burmeister, CEO of Landelahni Recruitment Group on the stagnation of telecoms skills whilst demand soars; John Cairns, Currency Strategist at Rand Merchant Bank on the BRICS' desire to unseat the Dollar as the trade currency; and Mike Haworth, Managing Director of Applied Capital Insights on food standards organic food processing, and the challenges of doing business in Iran. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, John chaired a thirty-minute discussion on the weekly topic, namely China in Africa with guests Martyn Davies, CEO of Frontier Advisory; Peter Major, Mining Consultant at Cadiz Corporate Solutions; and Mike Haworth, Managing Director of Applied Capital Insights.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 7: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business News Update

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Segment 2:

Food Standards and Organic Food Processing

Reporter:

Kgomotso Mathe

Guest:

Mike Haworth
Managing Director
Applied Capital Insights

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Segment 3:

Challenges of Doing Business in Iran

Reporter:

Jonathan Adams

Guest:

Mike Haworth
Managing Director
Applied Capital Insights

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Segment 4:

Metair Investments Annual Results and Update on Company Performance

Guest:

Theo Loock
Managing Director
Metair Investments

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Segment 5:

Telecoms Skills Stagnate While Demand Soars

Guest:

Sandra Burmeister
CEO
Landelahni Recruitment Group

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Segment 6:

BRICS Move to Unseat the Dollar as a Trade Currency

Guest:

John Cairns
Currency Strategist
Rand Merchant Bank

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Segment 7:

China In Africa

Guests (panel discussion):

Martyn Davies
CEO
Frontier Advisory

Peter Major
Mining Consultant
Cadiz Corporate Solutions

Mike Haworth
Managing Director
Applied Capital Insights

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