8 August 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 the United Nations saying global food prices fell in July. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Busisiwe Radebe, Economist at the Nedbank Group on the mining and manufacturing production data from Statistics South Africa; Neren Rau, CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry on their July Business Confidence Index; David Hathorn, CEO of Mondi on their interim financial results; Chris Hart, Chief Economist at Investment Solutions on the expectation of another petrol price hike; Natalie Kolbe, Partner at Actis on their purchase of an African payments business; and Phillip de Wet, Associate Editor at the Mail & Guardian on fraud. Market Analyst Devlin Edwards, Director and Financial Advisor at Resolute Wealth Management provided commentary on rising United States yields, tapering or unwinding of quantitative easing, volatility and a decline in the gold sector, and the petrol price increase and inflation in South Africa. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Successful Women in Celebration of Women's Month" with guests Dr Kathleen Carr, Medical Doctor at Potchefstroom Hospital; Mienke Steytler, Researcher at Good Governance Africa; Amanda Kandawire, Member of the Southern African Women in Aviation and Aerospace Industry, and Junior First Officer at SA Express; and Theodora Noyile, Cabin Crew Member at Airlink with commentary from Natalie Kolbe, Partner at Actis.

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:

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Mining and Manufacturing Production Data

Guest:

Busisiwe Radebe
Economist
Nedbank Group

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Segment 3:

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

Guest:

Neren Rau
CEO
SACCI

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Segment 4:

Report on the United Nations Saying Global Food Prices Fell in July

Reporter:

Glenn Lewington

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Segment 5:

Mondi Interim Financial Results

Guest:

David Hathorn
CEO
Mondi

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Segment 6:

Expect Another Petrol Price Hike Next Month

Guest:

Chris Hart
Chief Economist
Investment Solutions

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Segment 7:

Actis Buys Leading African Payments Business for Millions

Guest:

Natalie Kolbe
Partner
Actis

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Segment 8:

Industrial Group First Strut’s Mind-Boggling Fraud is One for the Books

Guest:

Phillip de Wet
Associate Editor
Mail & Guardian

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Segment 9:

Commentary on rising United States yields, tapering or unwinding of quantitative easing, volatility and decline in the gold sector, and the petrol price increase and inflation in South Africa

Commentator:

Devlin Edwards
Director and Financial Advisor
Resolute Wealth Management

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Segment 10:

Successful Women in Celebration of Women's Month (Part Four)

Guests (panel discussion):

Dr Kathleen Carr
Medical Doctor
Potchefstroom Hospital

Theodora Noyile
Cabin Crew Member
Airlink

Mienke Steytler
Researcher
Good Governance Africa (GGA)

Amanda Kandawire
Member of the Southern African Women In Aviation & Aerospace (SAWIA); and
Junior First Officer at SA Express

Commentator:

Natalie Kolbe
Partner
Actis

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