3 October 2013, Thursday

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 wage negotiations at Amplats. Glenn also interviewed the newsmakers of the day: Dr Wilmot James, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry at the Democratic Alliance on the South African Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Summit; Sizwe Nxedlana, Chief Economist at FNB on the third quarter FNB/BER Civil Construction Confidence Index; Neren Rau, CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the September Business Confidence Index; and Zwe Ndlala, Director of Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining at the South African Local Government Association on wage negotiations with the local government employer breaking down. Market analyst for the evening Viv Govender, Senior Analyst at Vunani Private Clients provided commentary on consumers increasingly taking out pay-day loans, construction activity slowing unexpectedly, business confidence edging up, and Bank CEOs warning of US shutdown consequences. In the second part of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "e-tolls Revisited" with guests Vusi Mona, Spokesman for the South African Roads Agency Limited; Gavin Kelly, Spokesman for the Road Freight Association; Aki Kalliatakis, Managing Partner at Leadership Launchpad; and Graeme Scala, Spokesman at the Automobile Association of South Africa with commentary by Advocate Anton Alberts, Parliamentary Spokesman on Trade and Industry, and Member of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry at the Freedom Front Plus.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 8: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Headlines and Indicators

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Segment 2:

South African Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Summit Kicks Off

Guests:

Dr Wilmot James
Member of Parliament, and
Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Segment 3:

Third Quarter FNB/BER Civil Construction Confidence Index

Guest:

Sizwe Nxedlana
Chief Economist
FNB

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Segment 4:

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

Guests:

Neren Rau
CEO
SACCI

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Segment 5:

Report on Wage Negotiations at Amplats

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 6:

Wage Negotiations with the Local Government Employer Break Down

Guest:

Zwe Ndlala
Director of Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining
South African Local Government Association (SALGA)

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Segment 7:

Commentary on consumers increasingly taking out pay-day loans, construction activity slowing unexpectedly, business confidence edging up, and Bank CEOs warn of US shutdown consequences

Commentator:

Viv Govender
Senior Analyst
Vunani Private Clients

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Segment 8:

e-tolls Revisited (Part Four)

Guests (panel discussion):

Vusi Mona
Spokesman
South African Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)

Gavin Kelly
Spokesman
Road Freight Association (RFA)

Aki Kalliatakis
Managing Partner
Leadership Launchpad

Graeme Scala
Spokesman
Automobile Association of South Africa (AA)

Commentator:

Advocate Anton Alberts
Parliamentary Spokesman on Trade and Industry, and
Member of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry at the Freedom Front Plus (FFP)

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