4 July 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 day's news including the exodus of executives from Barclays and a new empowerment deal with Airlink. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Gavin Came, Chairman of the Financial Planning Committee at the Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa on saving in South Africa; Sean Emery, Founder and CEO of RainFin on social lending; and Faith Ngwenya, Technical Director at the South African Institute of Professional Accountants on small and medium enterprises needing more than money to solve the unemployment problem. Analyst for the evening, Christopher Gilmour, Analyst at ABSA Investments 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 "The Protection of State Information Bill" with guests Alf Lees, Member of Parliament and Member on the National Council of Provinces for the Democratic Alliance; Allison Tilley, Director at the Open Democracy Advice Centre; with commentary by Jane Duncan, Chair of the Media and Information Society at Rhodes University; and Papi Tau, Chairman of the National Council of Provinces ad hoc Committee.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 9: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

South Africans Urged to Make Better Efforts to Save Money

Guest:

Gavin Came
Chairman of the Financial Planning Committee
Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa (FIA)

Commentator:

Christopher Gilmour
Analyst
ABSA Investments

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Segment 3:

Commentary on the South African Reserve Bank Annual Report

Commentator:

Christopher Gilmour
Analyst
ABSA Investments

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Segment 4:

Report on Former Barclays CEO Being Questioned by Members of Parliament

Reporter:

Lee Kern

Commentator:

Christopher Gilmour
Analyst
ABSA Investments

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Segment 5:

South African Airlink in a New Empowerment Deal

Reporter:

Mosehla Gwangwa

Commentator:

Christopher Gilmour
Analyst
ABSA Investments

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Segment 6:

Social Lending to Shake Up the South African Financial Services Industry

Guest:

Sean Emery
Founder and CEO
RainFin

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Segment 7:

Small Medium Enterprises Need More than Money to Solve the Unemployment Problem

Guest:

Faith Ngwenya
Technical Director
South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA)

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Segment 8:

Commentary on Unemployment and South Africa Launching a New Islamic Bond

Guest:

Christopher Gilmour
Analyst
ABSA Investments

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Segment 9:

Protection of State Information Bill

Guests (panel discussion):

Alf Lees
Member of Parliament (MP) and Member on the National Council of Provinces (NCOP)
Democratic Alliance (DA)

Allison Tilley
Director
Open Democracy Advice Centre

Commentators:

Jane Duncan
Chair of the Media and Information Society
Rhodes University

Papi Tau
Chairman
National Council of Provinces ad hoc Committee

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