8 March 2012, Thursday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, John Fraser 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 latest news on the petrol price and Velvet Sky. John Fraser also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Ettienne Le Roux, Chief Economist at Rand Merchant Bank on their latest Business Confidence Index; and the following CEOs on their respective companies' results: Nick Booth of Ceramic Industries, Sim Tshabalala of Standard Bank South Africa, Johan van Zyl of Sanlam, and Bruce Strong of Mpact. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, John chaired a thirty-minute discussion on the weekly topic on how Big Business can help Small Business with guests Syd Vianello, Retail Analyst at Nedbank; Earl Sampson, Country Director of TechnoServe South Africa; Nick Booth, CEO of Ceramic Industries; Mike Schmidt, CEO of Frankies; and Polo Radebe, Owner of the Identity Development Fund.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 9: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business News Update

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Segment 2:

Report on the Petrol Price

Reporter:

Lee Kern

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Segment 3:

Report on the Latest News on Velvet Sky

Reporter:

Ayanda Melansi

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Segment 4:

The Results on the Latest Business Confidence Index (BCI) from Rand Merchant Bank

Guest:

Ettienne Le Roux
Chief Economist
Rand Merchant Bank

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Segment 5:

Ceramic Industries Interim Results

Guest:

Nick Booth
CEO
Ceramic Industries

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Segment 6:

Standard Bank South Africa Annual Results

Guest:

Sim Tshabalala
CEO
Standard Bank South Africa

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Segment 7:

Sanlam Annual Results

Guest:

Johan van Zyl
CEO
Sanlam

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Segment 8:

Mpact Annual Results

Guest:

Bruce Strong
CEO
Mpact

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Segment 9:

How Big Business can Help Small Business

Guests (panel discussion):

Syd Vianello
Retail Analyst
Nedbank

Earl Sampson
Country Director
TechnoServe South Africa

Nick Booth
CEO
Ceramic Industries

Mike Schmidt
CEO
Frankies

Polo Radebe
Owner
Identity Development Fund

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