7 February 2013, Thursday

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 Murray & Roberts firing people implicated in an alleged price fixing scandal. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Robyn Curnow, Correspondent for CNN on the latest news from the Investing in African Mining Indaba; Neren Rau, CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry on their Business Confidence Index for January; Johannes Khosa, Economist at the Nedbank Group on the latest Manufacturing Production figures for January from Statistics South Africa; Kerwin Lebone, Agriculture Research Analyst at the South African Institute of Race Relations on the South African agriculture long-term job-loss trend; Thomas Walters, Spokesman on Agriculture and Rural Development at the Democratic Alliance on land reform most harmed by new agricultural minimum wage; and Carl Scheible, Vice-President for Europe and Africa at MoneyGram on the growing remittance market in Africa. Market Analyst for the evening Chris Gilmour, Analyst at Absa Investments provided commentary on the latest developments from the Mining Indaba, Pretoria Portland Cement building a new factory in Zimbabwe, the African National Congress looking to tax all graduates, and land reform most harmed by new agricultural minimum wages. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Investment Trends in 2013" with guests Nick Crail, Portfolio Manager at RMB Private Bank; David Shapiro, Deputy Chairman of Securities at Sasfin Bank; Michael Tonkin, Market Analyst at SAXO Capital Markets; and Tony Bell, Chief Investment Officer at Vunani Fund Managers with commentary by Hugo Knoetze, CEO of the Advanced Capital Group; and Philip Saunders, Head of the Multi-Asset Team at Investec Asset Management.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 10: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Latest Coverage of Investing in the African Mining Indaba 

Guest:

Robyn Curnow
Correspondent
CNN


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Segment 3:

South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) Business Confidence Index for January 2013

Guest:

Neren Rau
CEO
SACCI

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Segment 4:

Manufacturing Production Figures for December 2012 from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Guest:

Johannes Khosa
Economist
Nedbank

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Segment 5:

South African Agriculture Long-term Job-loss Trend

Guest:

Kerwin Lebone
Research Analyst
South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

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Segment 6:

Land Reform Most Harmed by New Agricultural Minimum Wage

Guest:

Thomas Walters
Spokesman on Agriculture and Rural Development
Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Segment 7:

Report on Murray & Roberts Firing all People Implicated in the Price-fixing Scandal

Reporter:

Mosehla Gwangwa

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Segment 8:

Growing Remittance Market in Africa

Guest:

Carl Scheible
Vice-President for Europe and Africa
MoneyGram

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Segment 9:

Commentary on the Latest Developments from the Mining Indaba, Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Builds a New Factory in Zimbabwe, the African National Congress (ANC) looks to Tax all Graduates, and Land Reform Most Harmed by New Agricultural Minimum Wage

Commentator:

Christopher Gilmour
Analyst
Absa Investments

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Segment 10:

Investment Trends in 2013

Guests (panel discussion):

Nick Crail
Portfolio Manager
RMB Private Bank

David Shapiro
Deputy Chairman of Securities
Sasfin Bank

Michael Tonkin
Market Analyst
SAXO Capital Markets

Tony Bell
Chief Investment Officer
Vunani Fund Managers

Commentators:

Hugo Knoetze
CEO
Advanced Capital Group

Philip Saunders
Head of the Multi-Asset Team
Investec Asset Management

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