3 July 2013, 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 day’s news including a crisis hitting Portugal’s borrowing costs. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Neren Rau, CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry on their latest Business Confidence Index and red tape; Geordin Hill-Lewis, Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry at the Democratic Alliance on the publication of guidelines to cut red tape in municipalities; Andrew Thompson, Independent Director at Adcock Ingram on talks of a takeover; Bheki Sibiya, CEO of the Chamber of Mines on an accord in the mining sector; Lizette Erasmus, Head of Portfolio Management at IntegriSure on carpooling; and Mike von Höne, Senior Vice President at TransUnion Auto on their latest Vehicle Pricing Index. Market Analyst Nerina Visser, Head of Beta Solutions at Nedbank Capital provided commentary on Asian shares slipping with focus on US jobs, currencies, South African business confidence slipping, and the importance of exchange rates. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Advertising in South Africa" with guests Jerry Mpufane, CEO of The Jupiter Drawing Room; Tony Koenderman, Advertising Editor at Finweek; and Veli Ngubane, Co-founder of AVATAR with commentary by Sandra Gordon, Founder of AdVantage Magazine.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 10: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) Business Confidence Index (BCI) for June

Guest:

Neren Rau
CEO
SACCI

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Segment 3:

Publication of Guidelines to Cut Red Tape in Municipalities

Guests:

Neren Rau
CEO
South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI)

Geordin Hill-Lewis
Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry
Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Segment 4:

Adcock Ingram Enters Into Discussions with Chile's CFR Pharmaceuticals

Guest:

Andrew Thompson
Independent Director
Adcock Ingram

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Segment 5:

An Accord Aimed at Stabilising Labour Relations has been Reached

Guest:

Bheki Sibiya
CEO
Chamber of Mines

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Segment 6:

Hike in Petrol Price Raises Carpooling Questions for Motorists

Guest:

Lizette Erasmus
Head of Portfolio Management
IntegriSure

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Segment 7:

Report on Crisis Hitting Portugal Borrowing Costs

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 8:

TransUnion’s Second Quarter 2013 Vehicle Pricing Index (VPI)

Guest:

Mike von Höne
Senior Vice President
TransUnion Auto

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Segment 9:

Commentary on Asian shares slipping with focus on US jobs, currencies, South African business confidence slipping, and the importance of exchange rates

Commentator:

Nerina Visser
Head of Beta Solutions
Nedbank Capital

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Segment 10:

South Africa's Advertising Industry (Part Three)

Guests (panel discussion):

Jerry Mpufane
CEO
The Jupiter Drawing Room

Tony Koenderman 
Advertising Editor
Finweek

Veli Ngubane
Co-founder
AVATAR

Commentator:

Sandra Gordon
Founder
AdVantage Magazine

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