26 September 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 news of the day including the delay in reporting results for South African Airways and South African Express Airways, the continuing protests by road freight workers and the Spanish and Greek economies. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Jonas Bogoshi, CEO of Gijima on the company's results and his resignation from the company; Stephen Cranston, Associate Editor at the Financial Mail on winning the 2012 Telkom Classic Business Journalist of the Year Awards; and Riaan Stassen, CEO of Capitec on the company's results. Analyst for the evening, Deryck Janse van Rensburg, Stockbroker and Portfolio Manager at BoE Stockbrokers 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 "South Africa's Mining Crisis" with guests Richard Linnell, Former Chairman of Coal of Africa; Peter Major, Mining Analyst at Cadiz Corporate Solutions; Nerina Visser, Head of Beta Solutions at Nedbank Capital; Ursula van Eck, Partner at BDO with commentary by Kenetswe Mosenogi, Acting Secretary of the African National Congress Youth League.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 11: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Gijima Annual Results and the Announcement of the Resignation of the CEO

Guest:

Jonas Bogoshi
CEO
Gijima

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Segment 3:

Report on the South African Mining Industry Being Stuck in the Past

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 4:

Report on the National Flag Carrier's Results

Reporter:

Jonathan Adams