7 August 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 Standard Chartered losing 16 billion US dollars in two days, and Telkom being fined by the Competition Tribunal. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Neren Rau, CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce Industry on their latest Business Confidence Index; David Hathorn, CEO of Mondi on their financial results; Yusuf Wadee, Head of Exchange Traded Products at Rand Merchant Bank on the launch of their MidCap Exchange Traded Fund; Howard Dembovsky, National Chairman of the Justice Project South Africa on traffic fines; and Eyal Shevel, Corporate Analyst at Global Credit Ratings on rating Northam Platinum. Analyst for the evening, Tshepo Modiba, Portfolio Manager at Cannon Asset 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 "Celebrating Women in the Workplace" with guests Sandra Burmeister, CEO of the Landelahni Recruitment Group; Cheryl Carolus, Executive Chair of Peotona Group Holdings, and Chairman of South African Airways; Yushavia Govender, Wife, Dentist and MBA Student; Lucilla Booyzen, Director of South African Fashion Week; Shelagh Gastrow, Executive Director of Inyathelo with commentary by Joanne Joseph, Television News Anchor.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 13: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) July 2012 Business Confidence Index (BCI)

Guest:

Neren Rau
CEO
South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI)

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Segment 3:

Commentary on Snow, Business Confidence, the Eurozone and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)

Commentator:

Tshepo Modiba
Portfolio Manager
Cannon Asset Managers

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Segment 4:

Report on Standard Chartered Bank

Reporter:

Lee Kern

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Segment 5:

Mondi Financial Results

Guest:

David Hathorn
CEO
Mondi

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Segment 6:

Report on Telkom being fined by the Competition Tribunal

Reporter:

Jonathan Adams

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Segment 7:

Commentary on Banks and the Paper Industry

Commentator:

Tshepo Modiba
Portfolio Manager
Cannon Asset Managers

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Segment 8:

Report on Botswana Importing Red Meat to South Africa

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 9:

Launch of the Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) MidCap Exchange Traded Fund

Guest:

Yusuf Wadee
Head of Exchange Traded Products
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

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Segment 10:

Municipalities View Traffic Fines as Taxation

Guest:

Howard Dembovsky
National Chairman
Justice Project South Africa

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Segment 11:

Northam Platinum Gets Rated

Guest:

Eyal Shevel
Corporate Analyst
Global Credit Ratings

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Segment 12:

Commentary on Large Drug Firms Winning a Pharmaceutical Tender

Commentator:

Tshepo Modiba
Portfolio Manager
Cannon Asset Managers

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Segment 13:

Celebrating Women in the Workplace

Guests (panel discussion):

Sandra Burmeister
CEO
Landelahni Recruitment Group

Cheryl Carolus
Chairman of South African Airways (SAA), and
Executive Chair of Peotona Group Holdings

Yushavia Govender
Wife, Dentist and MBA Student

Lucilla Booyzen
Director
South African Fashion Week

Shelagh Gastrow
Executive Director
Inyathelo

Commentator:

Joanne Joseph
Television News Anchor

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