5 June 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 the City of Tshwane announcing that Taxi owners will own the Bus Rapid Transport System; Sanlam’s operational update; and the South African Reserve Bank announcing that it may revise South Africa’s growth forecasts downwards. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Wayne Duvenage, Chairman of the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance on funding its e-toll court action; Ian Ollis, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Transport at the Democratic Alliance on the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s recent award found to be a farce; David Wolpert, CEO of the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of South Africa on their investigations into the local poultry industry; Hein Boegman, Mining Industry Leader for Africa at PwC on their latest mining survey; Malcolm Riley, Research Analyst at Merchantec on their latest CEO Confidence Index; and Andrew Edwards, Executive Principle Officer at Liberty Medical Scheme on their financial results. Market Analyst for the evening Nerina Visser, Head of Beta Solutions at Nedbank Capital provided commentary on South Africa’s credit and investment ratings following the President’s recent speech; the country’s growth outlook; the performance of the Rand; and petrol price expectations. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "South Africa’s Conservation Crisis" with guests Dr Raoul van der Westhuizen, Chairman at SA Wingshooters Association; Elise Tempelhoff, Environmental Journalist at Media24; Paul Daphne, Head of Communications at SANParks; Dr Ross M. Wanless, Seabird Division Manager and Africa Coordinator at the BirdLife International Global Seabird Programme with commentary by Andrew Campbell, Africa Committee Member at the Game Rangers Association of Africa; and Garth Barnes, Conservation Director at Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa.

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:

Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) Needs One Million Rand to Continue e-tolls Fight

Guest:

Wayne Duvenage
Chairman
OUTA

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Segment 3:

Democratic Alliance says the South African National Roads Agency Limited Award for e-tolling is a Pathetic Attempt to Gain Legitimacy

Guest:

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

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Segment 4:

Tariff Increase Investigation Launched Against Imported Chicken

Guest:

David Wolpert
CEO
Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of South Africa

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Segment 5:

Merchantec CEO Confidence Index

Guest:

Malcolm Riley
Research Analyst
Merchantec

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Segment 6:

Report on the Plan for the Tshwane Taxi Sector Owning the Bus Rapid Transport System

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 7:

Tenth Edition of Mine: A Confidence Crisis

Guest:

Hein Boegman
Mining Industry Leader for Africa
PwC

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Segment 8:

Report on the Sanlam Operational Update

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 9:

Liberty Medical Scheme Financial Results

Guest:

Andrew Edwards
Executive Principle Officer
Liberty Medical Scheme

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Segment 10:

South African Reserve Bank May Revise South Africa's Growth Forecast

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 11:

Commentary on South Africa’s Credit and Investment Ratings Following the President’s Recent Speech, the Country’s Growth Outlook, the Performance of the Rand, and Petrol Price Expectations

Commentator:

Nerina Visser
Head of Beta Solutions
Nedbank Capital

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Segment 12:

South Africa’s Conservation Crisis (Part Three)

Guests (panel discussion):

Dr Raoul van der Westhuizen
Chairman
SA Wingshooters Association

Elise Tempelhoff
Environmental Journalist
Media24

Paul Daphne
Head of Communications
SANParks

Dr Ross M. Wanless
Seabird Division Manager and Africa Coordinator
BirdLife International Global Seabird Programme

Commentators:

Andrew Campbell
Africa Committee Member
Game Rangers Association of Africa (GRAA)

Garth Barnes
Conservation Director
Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA)

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