18% Drop In Mining Output Huge Shock For SA Economy – Economist – There is no doubt that the fall in mining production in March is a major shock to the South African economy, Mike Schüssler, chief economist at Economists dotcoza told Fin24 on Thursday. [f24]
SABC Confirm That 5FM And Metro Are Not Exempt From 90% Quota – SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago has dismissed reports that two of its commercial radio stations, 5FM and Metro FM, had been exempted from a new policy requiring its radio stations to play 90 percent local music. [tlive]
Parliament To Debate Possible Move To Pretoria – The possibility of moving Parliament from Cape Town to Pretoria will be up for debate in Parliament soon, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete said on Thursday. [enca]
Uganda Blocks Facebook, Twitter And WhatsApp As President Sworn In For 5th Term – It seems the Ugandan government doesn’t want people talking about its election or its once and future president — certainly not online. [mash]
Apple Falls Below USD 90 To 2-Year Low; Google Now Largest Co. – Shares of Apple sank below USD 90 for the first time in nearly two years today, ceding the title of the world’s largest company by market valuation to Google. [bs]
What Really Happened In Trump’s Capitol Hill Meetings – GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump sat down with party leaders in Washington today, meetings that House Speaker Paul Ryan characterized as “encouraging.” [abc]
Trump’s Butler Hates ‘Negroes,’ Wanted to ‘Carpet Bomb’ Ferguson, Called ‘Killery’ Clinton a ‘Cunt’ – Trump’s Mar-a-Lago butler seemed like a nice old man in a New York Times profile earlier this year. But his Facebook page reveals a racist, Hillary Clinton-hating monster. [db]
Local Lotto Winner Dies In Accident – A 30-year-old man who won the Lotto two years ago was killed when his luxury Mercedes Benz crashed into a bakkie at high speed‚ according to a KwaZulu-Natal news report. [ewn]
Khulubuse Zuma And Co Lose Appeal, Must Pay Aurora Workers – Zuma, Zondwa Mandela and the other Aurora directors have failed in their Supreme Court of Appeal attempt and must now compensate over 5 000 workers. [mg]
China Pressed On Queen Elizabeth II’s Complaint Of ‘Very Rude’ Officials – The news made global headlines on Wednesday: Queen Elizabeth II of England had remarked at a Buckingham Palace garden party the previous day that Chinese officials accompanying President Xi Jinping on a state visit had been “very rude.” [nyt]
Honda Aircraft Makes First HondaJet Delivery In Europe – Four months after the HondaJet first entered service following U.S. certification, the aircraft is entering the European market with a ceremonial delivery at AERO 2016 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. [ain]
F1 Drivers No Longer Radio-Dictated ‘Muppets’ – Mercedes’ Rosberg – Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg believes the enforcement of Formula 1’s radio restrictions this season means fans can no longer say drivers are “muppets” who are directed by their team. [as]
Struggling To Find Decent Cape Town Office Space? Stop Everything And Look At This – If you can’t face trudging into the office every day maybe it’s time for a change. There’s plenty going on in the city you should probably know about. [here]
The Queen Wins £50 Tesco Voucher At Royal Windsor Horse Show – The Queen has won a Tesco voucher after her horse was victorious at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. [bbc]
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Prince’s ‘Only Son’ Raps About Killing Him – The violent felon claiming to be the rock star’s sole heir once rapped about murdering his alleged dad and killing some cops. [db]
Large Sinkhole Swallows Car In London – A large sinkhole swallowed a car in a residential street in southeast London early Thursday morning. [mash]
Apple Denies Report It Will Stop Selling iTunes Music Downloads In As Little As Two Years – A new report claims that Apple is planning to “terminate” iTunes Store downloads in favor of Apple Music streaming. [mw]
Johnny Depp: Trump Would Be Final President Of The United States – Actor Johnny Depp sees a gloomy outlook for the future of America if presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump were to win the presidency. [huff]
Julia Roberts Went Barefoot On The Cannes Red Carpet – Julia Roberts has no time for the stuffy dress codes and fashion restrictions of the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival dress code be damned. [time]
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