31 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 food group Kraft changing its name. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: George Glynos, Economist and Managing Director at ETM Analytics on the trade and public sector spending data; Sizwe Nxedlana, Chief Economist at First National Bank on the second quarter FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index; Gill Marcus, Governor at the South African Reserve Bank on their Inflation Outlook; Lesiba Seshoka, Spokesman at the National Union of Mineworkers on their march to Sibanye Gold and Exxaro; Lizel Oberholzer, Partner, and Head of the Oil and Gas Department at Bowman Gilfillan on the issues with the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill that will be passed; Carlo Gonzaga, CEO of Taste Holdings on their new tripartite alliance; Richard Hurst, Senior Analyst at Ovum on Small Medium Enterprises leading the charge in uptaking of South African cloud services; and Ian Ollis, Member of Parliament, and Shadow Minister of Transport at the Democratic Alliance on the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa seeking another eleven billion Rand for new train coaches. Market Analyst Deryck Janse van Rensburg, Stockbroker and Portfolio Manager at Nedgroup Private Wealth Stockbrokers provided commentary on Sanral asking banks for money, AngloGold Ashanti workers facing job losses, the China slump to hit South Africa hard and British American Tobacco declaring a dividend. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Zimbabwe’s 2013 General Elections" with guests Udo Froese, Journalist, Published Columnist, Political and Socio-economic Analyst and Businessman in the Southern African Development Community Region; Mary-Jane Ncube, Executive Director at Transparency International Zimbabwe; and Emily Armistead, Senior Campaigner at Global Witness with commentary from Vince Musewe, Analyst at the Movement for Democratic Change.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 12: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Second Quarter FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index

Guest:

Sizwe Nxedlana
Chief Economist
First National Bank (FNB)

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Segment 3:

Trade and Public Sector Spending Data

Guest:

George Glynos
Economist
ETM Analytics

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Segment 4:

South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) Inflation Outlook

Guest:

Gill Marcus
Governor
South African Reserve Bank (Sarb)

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Segment 5:

National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Marches to Sibanye Gold and Exxaro

Guest:

Lesiba Seshoka
Spokesman
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)

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Segment 6:

Issues with the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill

Guest:

Lizel Oberholzer
Partner, and Head of the Oil and Gas Department
Bowman Gilfillan

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Segment 7:

Report on the Food Group Kraft Changing its Name

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 8:

Taste Holdings, Nedbank and Brimstone Enter into a Tripartite Agreement

Guest:

Carlo Gonzaga
CEO
Taste Holdings

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Segment 9:

Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Lead the Charge in Uptake of South African Cloud Services

Guest:

Richard Hurst
Senior Analyst
Ovum

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Segment 10:

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) Seeking another Eleven Billion Rands for New Train Coaches

Guest:

Ian Ollis
Member of Parliament, and
Shadow Minister of Transport at the Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Segment 11:

Commentary on Sanral, AngloGold Ashanti workers facing job losses, the China slump to hit South Africa hard and British American Tobacco declaring a dividend

Commentator:

Deryck Janse van Rensburg
Stockbroker and Portfolio Manager
Nedgroup Private Wealth Stockbrokers

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Segment 12:

Zimbabwe's 2013 General Elections (Part Three)

Guests (panel discussion):

Udo Froese
Journalist, Published Columnist,
Political and Socio-economic Analyst, and
Businessman in the Southern African Development Community Region

Mary-Jane Ncube
Executive Director
Transparency International Zimbabwe

Emily Armistead
Senior Campaigner
Global Witness

Commentator:

Vince Musewe
Analyst
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)

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31 July 2013, Wednesday

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