US safety regulator launches a preliminary investigation into Tesla’s Model S autopilot, which the company says is safe but the driver must remain alert behind the wheel
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Carney says action likely in light of Brexit fallout
Bank of England will probably have to loosen policy within months to deal with the fallout of the Brexit vote, central bank governor says
Facebook faces up to advertising challenge
Industry in a flux as demands on people’s attention increase, but social network is working to grow its African market
Collection of Battiss works to go on display at Wits
Philanthropist Jack Ginsberg’s collection of more than 700 works by artist Walter Battiss is being donated to Wits Art Museum and will be exhibited from July 6
Mentorship programme a success in SA, says Cherie Blair
Wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair says she is immensely proud of the Cherie Blair Foundation’s 230 South African mentees
What employers must do if a political party intervenes in a strike
Hold the politicians not the unionists accountable, says Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Equal Education crossed the line with home protest, says Western Cape MEC
Activists accuse Schafer of failing to take responsibility and of tweeting insults from behind high walls
Propertuity’s vision of urban renewal benefits from RMH’s investment
JONATHAN Liebmann is a serial entrepreneur, having even run a laundry service in the past. Property is his first love, and he is finding success in urban renewal.
Zuma welcomed in Eldorado Park
President Jacob Zuma was welcomed in Eldorado Park after a promise to the mother of a drug addict
Mozambique’s flare-up of conflict is an unresolved elite power struggle
Real grievances of people not addressed, say speakers at Institute for Security Studies discussion
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Istanbul airport attack should be a turning point, says Tayyip Erdogan
No one has claimed responsibility but it is similar to Islamic State’s attack in Brussels and the group tops the list of suspects
HSF tells SABC to end ‘unconstitutional’ policy or it will sue the broadcaster
At the same time, journalists, media workers and activists are mobilising for pickets outside SABC studios on Friday
How Fitch sees Brexit hitting UK investment — and growth
After its downgrade to Britain’s credit rating, the agency warns that investment could be 15% lower than forecasts by 2018
France looks headed for a budget wrangle with its European peers
The EU has warned France will not be allowed to exceed the 3% deficit target again — but auditors say it will not be able to keep Francois Hollande’s repeated promise
Japan’s Abe pledges broad policy support to weather Brexit shock
Government and Bank of Japan meeting is unlikely to lead to action according to analysts as there are not many policy tools left to reboot the economy
Fear rules Joburg, but Cape Town is SA’s murder capital
Johannesburg is not totally safe, but may not be a ‘gangsters’ paradise’ either, with more murders in Cape Town and more sexual assaults in Mangaung
Sturgeon heads to Brussels to tell the EU Scotland plans to stay
There has been a surge in sympathy around Europe for the 5.5-million Scots after nearly two-thirds of them voted in last week’s UK referendum to stay in the EU
Manhunt in Gauteng after Diepsloot policeman killed
Police are looking for four male suspects who robbed and shot at two off-duty officers
Standard Bank fined $800 by Angola’s central bank over forex violations
Standard Bank believes it has not done anything wrong and says it will defend its position. It is one of seven financial institutions to be sanctioned
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
A look at history shows Brexit will probably not happen
There are already signs that Britain might be heading towards a second referendum rather than the door marked exit, writes Gideon Rachman
Britain’s plans for RBS, Lloyds a multibillion-pound Brexit casualty
State will hang onto its stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group after sector downgrades and a price rout in the wake of the vote to leave the EU
Old Mutual to retain ‘strategic minority stake’ in Nedbank
Company plans to keep ‘an appropriate strategic minority stake’ in Nedbank after distributing ‘a significant proportion’ of the bank’s shares to shareholders
Royal Bafokeng and Liquid Telecom to buy stake in Neotel
Royal Bafokeng and Liquid Telecom says they will acquire 30% of Neotel from India’s Tata Communications and minority shareholders led by Nexus Connexion
Jimi Matthews was no hero at the SABC, says journalist group FJT
‘Lapdog’ CEO took orders from subordinate Hlaudi Motsoeneng, Forum of Journalists for Transformation says, calling recently axed journalists to be reinstated
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