--- title: "While you were sleeping: 24 June 2016" description: "Brexit threat becomes real, Democrats end sit-in, Korea considers work-home legislation, and FARC/Colombia end 50 years of violence." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "South Africa" author: "John Stupart" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-24-while-you-were-sleeping-24-june-2016/" published: "2016-06-24T06:17:25" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 1068 --- # While you were sleeping: 24 June 2016 > Brexit threat becomes real, Democrats end sit-in, Korea considers work-home legislation, and FARC/Colombia end 50 years of violence. By John Stupart · Published 24 June 2016, 08:17 SAST ## Content | \| \\| “*Now we’ve signed it, we had better read it”* – British Foreign Secretary **Douglas Hurd** joking about the Maastricht Treaty, which officially created the European Union \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/2007fd7b-2888-40f2-a8fd-331c7d3dcc4e.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Tshwane unrest: The hidden ANC power play](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-24-tshwane-unrest-the-hidden-anc-power-play/#.V2yj9_l95hE)After days of violence and looting in South Africa’s capital city, there are no clear answers as to what caused the chaos and why there was a violent reaction to the announcement of Thoko Didiza as the ANC’s mayoral candidate in Tshwane. There is also no coherent strategy by the ANC to deal with the upheaval, with the matter being left to the police to handle. On Wednesday the ANC was meant to have a meeting with its 107 branches in Tshwane but this did not happen. On Thursday, Gauteng’s 11 ANC mayoral candidates were introduced at a festive media lunch in Johannesburg as the death toll in Tshwane climbed to five. There is clearly more at play than what meets the eye. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-24-tshwane-unrest-the-hidden-anc-power-play/#.V2yj9_l95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Brexit vote leadsWith 200 of 382 local areas counted, the 'leave' vote appears to be winning. With the prospect of Britain actually leaving the European Union, the pound has plummeted across the board, leaving it at its weakest since 1985 in some areas. The British, it appears, are tired of playing nice. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-24-global-warnings-on-brexit-consequences) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Colombia and FARC sign ceasefireA ceasefire agreement between FARC rebels and the Colombian government, signed on Thursday, could see the end of half a century of conflict. The historic agreement, inked in Cuba by President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón and FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez, sees an end to a long-standing tradition of violence and intimidation. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-24-colombia-farc-rebels-sign-historic-ceasefire) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Democrat House sit-in endsHouse Democrats ended a 24-hour sit-in, promising to return again on the 5 July. Stressing the importance of never giving in to truculent Republican foot-draggers, the Democrats then did just that, throwing in the towel and going on a summer break. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-24-us-democrats-end-marathon-gun-control-sit-in) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Korea considers keeping the office from homeSouth Korea is considering passing legislation that will ban your boss or office from bothering you while at home. The rise of social media and mobile messeging has created a distorted invasion of the home, poisoning what employees considered once to be 'relaxation' time. With luck lawmakers in South Africa are paying attention. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-24-s.-korea-mulls-law-to-keep-office-out-of-the-home) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **84** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The percentage reduction in accidents at an oilrig company's facilities by eliminating 'macho' culture. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1916 saw the beginning of an artillery barrage that would herald the beginning of the**Battle of the Somme.**Fact of the day:**The French word** for 'walkie-talkie' is the imaginative 'talkie-walkie'. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 3° max: 18°, sunny CPT: min: 10° max: 17°, cloudy DBN: min: 15° max: 21°, sunny EL: min: 16° max: 24°, cloudy JHB: min: 5° max: 19°, sunny KIM: min: 6° max: 20°, sunny NLP: min: 5° max: 21°, cloudy PMB: min: 5° max: 21°, sunny PKN: min: 6° max: 19°, cloudy PE: min: 15° max: 23°, cloudy PTA: min: 6° max: 19°, sunny \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$50.87Gold=$1,261.78 Platinum=$968.34 R/$=14.47 R/€=16.43 R/£=20.95 $/€=1.13 JSE All Share=53,585.53 DJIA=17,941.25 FTSE 100=6,338.10 [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **FEATURED**\\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/-vzKhM17RGxtjdLY8tlOpxd3DPRzgkaZfWQ0_qb2c2NtgALojrSyaM2vJhTD9D5vj8SunQpP49nchjsyG3OEI_BTvbiRcooXl5tjK8msL0RGBSKVD4WbpOzE_dDfH4E0XU5NGebultoALg0rySDZDjlW8A=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Ranjeni-Tshwane-deception.jpg)candidate for Tshwane Thoko Didiza, and ANC Gauteng chairperson Paul Mashatile at the introduction of the Gauteng ANC mayoral candidates for the 2016 elections on Thursday 23 June 2016. (Greg Nicolson); President Jacob Zuma accompanied by Tshwane Mayor Mr Kgosientso Ramokgopa and other dignitaries attends Freedom Day Celebrations held at the Union Building in Pretoria 27 April 2011 (Sapa); Atteridgeville fires on Monday, 20 June 2016 (Aki Anastasiou for EWN)" /> \\\| [Tshwane unrest: The hidden ANC power play](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-24-tshwane-unrest-the-hidden-anc-power-play/) By Ranjeni Munusamy \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/7YtC3VGi0k5V_Qgl53mHoKU4O3c9bLNkINlsZjSZ-g5GTPBbmUp6zmaaNMXLL-Liqf8aRJdB8pj7pEuu72A3afNXyt_dCpzC16D1yD8-Bv0DGf3z2Z8oYqXK3xUbMl4l1Su3ZSR2mSiaefMLW3mhlwjmCQfSo_D8w28=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Nicolson-TshwaneANC-Thoko-Didiza.jpg)chairperson Paul Mashatile at the introduction of the Gauteng ANC mayoral candidates for the 2016 elections. (Greg Nicolson)" /> \\\| [Thoko Didiza: ‘I feel a part of Tshwane’](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-23-thoko-didiza-i-feel-a-part-of-tshwane/) By Greg Nicolson \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/d7_4fJJkjK92QswumMmd78GV0uUqnbRmURiYKfmnLrv1Nq5jnOgjCHhLqngW8ChtRqUlszZYm2mrcEsYrzHVutEwGm-ynYq-qrcH-8sn0RTsTesqFnS5mxXxuY3QzOACmxLr1lNPcZPUlnEeDjY=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70marelise-sabc-subbed.jpg)Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po." /> \\\| [Analysis: Quo vadis, SABC?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-23-analysis-quo-vadis-sabc/) By Marelise van der Merwe \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/VD7XIgQJXtbfBhLtImUM9C-tzAP_u3pcCRa5p5KC18qPoBQqPnRXKZGgTQfvhBHvPe3k8L5xRlZwEIgR8NxGHou4Vl-lfMX1q_Bkjk3dAf8WeR1o554nGa_4gk2_faaCklnRpI3U19Wa74g=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70MarianneANCcourts.jpg)Africa Economy Forum at a hotel in Beijing, China, 05 December 2014. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL" /> \\\| [Op-Ed: When the state disobeys the law, people will soon follow](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-24-op-ed-when-the-state-disobeys-the-law-people-will-soon-follow/) By Marianne Thamm \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/wasAdyuDKTjUaCfABoLsrfiYZiNTOgjGA3W-z-5MoBYfu7ui9ir0fPZHARmKwcMe_lkwzkp62tls4kgvTlNjkp0ymP_6JMnmZOF8MTSVDPL1aHsLDnuK0FS28L3DqhfcDQJsHbnH2s-wBqhI=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Merten-ParlyLabour.jpg)to Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana. (Marianne Merten)" /> \\\| [Parliament: Claims, denials and disciplinary measures as Mgidlana and Nehawu members butt heads](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-23-parliament-claims-denials-and-disciplinary-measures-as-mgidlana-and-nehawu-members-butt-heads/) By Marianne Merten \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/J9ng20V6cCbLNu-jPx06RQJO-EtoLJLBQfVq-DgPmC-1u88So3kdT7zWgj8y0lbh1pZROOpQx4dxBH_Zbqjenur27nrM5hLJG7VB1OmQ90XOsHaQXn8rIQzYMudO7YlRPGu6nzED=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70groundup-IBM.jpg)in Washington, DC, US, 8 October 2010. (front row, L-R) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia (deceased), Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; (back row; L-R) Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. 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Workers of Venezuela state oil sector mobilized themselves in a march heading to Miraflores presidential palace to support the head of state, Nicolas Maduro, and in ‘defence of the homeland’. President Maduro and Thomas Shannon, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of United States, met in Caracas to try to open a dialogue between the two countries which maintain diplomatic relations in minimum low. EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ" /> \\\| [ICG: Venezuela on the edge of the precipice](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-23-icg-venezuela-on-the-edge-of-the-precipice/) By International Crisis Group \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/XdNHl6fFKMX1sjVdfW9HGssOu4UFBvMV8y7EbenuIXEMrJ-kvADco1Bmc_IFy9ij7n0Uh2FpLL2rcpghgr0q4d3jlNzrn4il81JvoZQR6wGLajF7duDwFRrIYK1wFlrveEtV0z-bvaotWTs=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70brexit-and-africa.jpg)British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) during a joint press conference at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, 18 July 2011. EPA/JON HRUSA" /> \\\| [ISS Today: What Brexit means for Africa](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-23-iss-today-what-brexit-means-for-africa/) By PETER FABRICIUS \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/AQL8_rZnvyrp81ovadIuEhvty9WTyz4YJYtgCyuwsSL3gJ9Z6g5vEvvjbBTgqS1SPzNt1RFeAshgAKdzqeaAs9o59QMDRKohCSMujslMhVNzAej8ulRB__CGHec7Aic8UzF-Eg=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70h_52845042.jpg)awaits the signature of US President Barack Obama to be signed into law, on a table with pens and the Presidential seal, before a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, 22 June 2016. The law, which reauthorizes and modernizes the Toxic Substances Control Act, was passed in Congress with broad bipartisan support. 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