28 November 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 South African manufacturing sector in a crisis, the Shanduka Group acquiring a stake in MTN Nigeria, the South African Reserve Bank rejecting nationalisation, high wage deals coming at a cost of jobs and the e-tolls judgement reserved. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Peter Aling, Quantitative Analyst at Prophet Analytics on their Labour Market Report; Hassen Adams, Executive Chairman at Grand Parade Investments on entering a joint venture agreement with German-based gaming manufacturer and operator Merkur Gaming GmbH; Pashupathy Gopalan, Vice President and Managing Director for South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa at SunEdison on launching a local subsidiary; Godfrey Nti, CEO of the Financial Planning Institute on the importance of financial planning week; and Professor Ginny Gibson, Deputy Dean of the Henley Business School UK and Professor of Corporate Real Estate on the comparison of European versus the South African property market. Analyst for the evening Ian Cruickshanks, Independent Markets Analyst 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 Brand South Africa with guests Sheshi Kaniki, Senior Economist at Momentum; Bernard Agulhas, CEO of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors; Paul Bannister, CEO of Ignite and former CEO of Brand South Africa and Co-founder of the International Marketing Council of South Africa with commentary from Yusuf Abramjee, Chairman of the Primedia Group.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 14: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Prophet Analytics Fourth Quarter Labour Market Report

Guest:

Peter Aling
Quantitative Analyst
Prophet Analytics

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Segment 3:

Report on the South African Manufacturing Sector In Crisis

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 4:

Report on the Shanduka Group Acquiring a Stake in MTN Nigeria

Reporter:

Mosehla Gwangwa

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Segment 5:

Report on the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Rejecting Nationalisation

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 6:

Report on the High Wage Deals Coming at a Cost of Jobs

Reporter:

Kgomotso Mathe

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Segment 7:

Grand Parade Investments Enters Lucrative Gaming Machine Manufacture Industry through German Company

Guest:

Hassen Adams
Executive Chairman
Grand Parade Investments

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Segment 8:

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Listed SunEdison Launches a Local Subsidiary

Guest:

Pashupathy Gopalan
Vice President and Managing Director for South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
SunEdison

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Segment 9:

Commentary on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Data, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Softer Following World Markets, the Rand and Tax Returns Hitting Record High

Commentator:

Ian Cruickshanks
Independent Markets Analyst

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Segment 10:

Report on the e-tolls Judgement Reserved

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 11:

Professional Financial Planners Provide Free Advice to Celebrate Financial Planning Week

Guest:

Godfrey Nti
CEO
Financial Planning Institute (FPI)

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Segment 12:

Comparison of the European Versus South African Property Market

Guest:

Professor Ginny Gibson
Deputy Dean of Henley Business School UK, and
Professor of Corporate Real Estate

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Segment 13:

Commentary on a Global Perspective on the United States (US) Energy Independence

Commentator:

Ian Cruickshanks
Independent Markets Analyst

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Segment 14:

Analysis of Brand South Africa

Guests (panel discussion):

Sheshi Kaniki
Senior Economist
Momentum

Bernard Agulhas
CEO
Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA)

Paul Bannister
CEO of Ignite,
Former CEO of Brand SA, and
Co-founder of the International Marketing Council of South Africa

Commentator:

Yusuf Abramjee
Chairman
Primedia Group

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