6 March 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 Samsung buying a 3% stake in Japanese rival Sharp and the HSBC monthly Emerging Market Purchasing Managers Index. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist at the Efficient Group on the economic legacy of Hugo Chavez; Sifiso Dabengwa, President and CEO of the MTN Group on their audited financial results; John Loos, Household and Consumer Sector Strategist at FNB Economics on their February House Price Index; and Nicolaas Kruger, CEO of MMI Holdings on their interim financial results. Market Analyst for the evening Tshepo Modiba, Portfolio Manager at Cannon Asset Managers provided commentary on record levels for the United States stocks, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and MMI Holdings results. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Food Security in South Africa" with guests Louis Meintjies, President of the Transvaal Agricultural Union; Bantu Holomisa, Member of Parliament and President of the United Democratic Movement; and Annette Steyn, Member of Parliament, and Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries at the Democratic Alliance with commentary from Dr Pieter Mulder, Leader at the Freedom Front Plus.

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:

Economic Legacy of Hugo Chavez

Guest:

Dawie Roodt
Chief Economist
Efficient Group

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Segment 3:

First National Bank (FNB) February House Price Index (HPI)

Guest:

John Loos
Household and Consumer Sector Strategist
FNB Economics

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Segment 4:

MTN Final Audited Results

Guest:

Sifiso Dabengwa
President and CEO
MTN Group

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Segment 5:

MMI Holdings Interim Financial Results

Guest:

Nicolaas Kruger
CEO
MMI Holdings

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Segment 6:

Report on Samsung to Buy 3% Stake in Japanese Rival Sharp

Reporter:

Jonathan Adams

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Segment 7:

Report on the Latest HSBC Monthly Emerging Market Purchasing Managers Index

Reporter:

Lee Kern

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Segment 8:

Commentary on the Record Levels for the United States Stocks, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and MMI Holdings Results

Commentator:

Tshepo Modiba
Portfolio Manager
Cannon Asset Managers

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Segment 9:

Food Security in South Africa

Guests (panel discussion):

Louis Meintjies
President
Transvaal Agricultural Union of South Africa (TAU SA)

Bantu Holomisa
Member of Parliament, and
President of the United Democratic Movement (UDM)

Annette Steyn
Member of Parliament, and
Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries at the Democratic Alliance (DA)

Commentator:

Dr Pieter Mulder
Leader
Freedom Front Plus (FFP)

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