4 September 2012, Tuesday

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 Moody’s lowering their outlook for the European Union, the latest petrol price increase, and mediated talks between the mining workers and executives of Lonmin. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Jeff Osborne, CEO of Retail Motor Industry Organisation on the latest new vehicle sales figures; Markus Jooste, CEO of Steinhoff on their annual results; Mwambu Wanendeya, Vice President and Head of Communications at Ericsson on the next level in m-commerce; and Dr Christian Ketels, Member of the Harvard Business School Faculty at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness on competitiveness in a changing global economy. Analyst for the evening, Tshepo Modiba, Portfolio Manager at Cannon Assets Managers 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 State of Service Delivery in South Africa" with guests Gareth Newham, Head of Crime and Justice at the Institute for Security Studies; Kate Lorimer, Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on Public Safety at the Democratic Alliance; Patrick Craven, National Spokesman for the Congress of South African Trade Unions; Jaco Mulder, Member in the Provincial Legislature in Gauteng at the Freedom Front Plus with commentary from Cornelius Jansen van Rensburg, Head of Community Affairs at AfriForum.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 11: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Latest Vehicle Sale Figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA)

Guest:

Jeff Osborne
CEO
Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI)

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Segment 3:

Report on Moody’s Lowering its Outlook for the European Union's AAA Credit Rating

Reporter:

Lee Kern

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Segment 4:

Report on the Latest Petrol Price Increase

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 5:

Commentary on the New Vehicle Sales Figures, the Latest Petrol Price Increase, and Labour Laws in South Africa

Commentator:

Tshepo Modiba
Portfolio Manager
Cannon Assets Managers

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Segment 6:

Steinhoff Annual Results

Guest:

Markus Jooste
CEO
Steinhoff

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Segment 7:

Report on the Mediated Talks between Mining Workers and Lonmin Executives

Reporter:

Mosehla Gwangwa

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Segment 8:

Potential for Transformation within m-commerce Across the Region of Sub-Saharan Africa

Guest:

Mwambu Wanendeya
Vice President and Head of Communications
Ericsson

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Segment 9:

Competitiveness in a Changing Global Economy

Guest:

Dr Christian Ketels
Member of the Harvard Business School Faculty
Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness

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Segment 10:

Commentary on the European Central Bank and FirstRand Results

Commentator:

Tshepo Modiba
Portfolio Manager
Cannon Assets Managers

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Segment 11:

State of Service Delivery in South Africa

Guests (panel discussion):

Gareth Newham
Head of Crime and Justice
Institute for Security Studies

Kate Lorimer
Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on Public Safety
Democratic Alliance (DA)

Patrick Craven
National Spokesman
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

Jaco Mulder
Member in the Provincial Legislature in Gauteng
Freedom Front Plus (FFP)

Commentator:

Cornelius Jansen van Rensburg
Head of Community Affairs
AfriForum

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