CNBC Africa, the continent’s leading business television channel, on February 23 will bring viewers definitive and extensive coverage of the 2011 Budget Day Speech, including a live one-on-one interview with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
Anchors Lerato Mbele, Alishia Seckam and Eleni Giokos will host economists, tax experts and business leaders in Johannesburg while Stephen Gunnion will present live interviews from Cape Town with business and political leaders as they leave the parliament precinct after Gordhan’s address.
Through the day Mbele, Seckam and Giokos will anchor various panels examining everything from the minister’s job creation plans, tax proposals, borrowing requirements to the socio-political implications of his second national budget.
A breakdown of Budget Day 2011 coverage:
23 February 2011
1PM – 2PM Pre-budget analysis
2PM – 3PM Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s speech
3PM – 4PM Post-budget analysis
4PM – 4:50PM Tax focus panel
4:50PM – 5PM Live interview with the Finance Minister
5PM – 5:30PM Markets focus panel
5:30PM – 6PM Political focus Panel
7PM – 9PM Budget wrap
On February 24, CNBC Africa will also host a live post-budget analysis debate from the Michaelangelo in Johannesburg, featuring Johan Botha, senior economist at Standard Bank, Neren Rau, CEO of Business Unity South Africa and Paul Theron, CEO of money manager, Vestact.
24 February 2011
7:45AM – 8:30AM Post Budget Day Breakfast Debate
For more information please contact:
Celeste Baliraj
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E: celeste.baliraj@cnbcafrica.com
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