--- title: "While you were sleeping: 30 June 2016" description: "Obama lashes out at isolanism, Brexit contenders to the throne emerge, and Pace withdraws from Rio." 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/2016-06-30-while-you-were-sleeping-30-june-2016/" published: "2016-06-30T06:15:42" updated: "2016-06-30T06:15:43" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 705 --- # While you were sleeping: 30 June 2016 > Obama lashes out at isolanism, Brexit contenders to the throne emerge, and Pace withdraws from Rio. By John Stupart · Published 30 June 2016, 08:15 SAST · Updated 30 June 2016, 08:15 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”* **–** **Kahlil Gibran** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/8dc8a201-5a7d-4509-b79c-8df10bf6a259.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [amaBhungane: Torture and the culture of fear in a ‘free’ South Africa](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-30-amabhungane-torture-and-the-culture-of-fear-in-a-free-south-africa/#.V3SMIPl95hE)June 26 marked International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, to commemorate the United Nations ratification of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 1987. In South Africa this day passed as imperceptibly as the government’s practical implementation of its commitment to end this cruelty. By Vanessa Burger for AMABHUNGANE. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-30-amabhungane-torture-and-the-culture-of-fear-in-a-free-south-africa/#.V3SMIPl95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Obama smashes isolationism at summitPresident Barack Obama called isolationism the "wrong medicine" on Wednesday. During a summit with his Canadian and Mexican counterparts, Obama took a clear swipe at Trumpist tendencies, Brexit and the entire notion of withdrawing from the world. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-30-obama-blasts-isolationism-with-trump-in-sights) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Brexit hatchets come outIn Britain, last-minute candidacy announcements came tumbling out ahead of a Thursday deadline to declare. Home Secretary Theresa May and Trump-lite Boris Johnson announced their intentions to replace David Cameron as prime minister. In the meanwhile, the pound continued its Brexit slide, hitting just below R20 this morning. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-30-british-politicians-battle-to-lead-brexit-aftermath) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Nigeria's former Air Force chief arrestedA former chief of the Nigerian Air Force and several other high ranking officers were arrested on corruption charges late on Wednesday. Air Marshal Adesola Amosu Nunayon, Air Vice Marshal Jacob Bola Adigun and Air Commodore Gbadebo Owodunni Olugbenga are facing 26 combined charges of embezzlement. Corruption in the new Nigerian government, it seems, simply does not fly. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-30-nigerias-ex-air-force-chief-charged-with-money-laundering) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## South African withdraws from OlympicsLee-Anne Pace has become the first LPGA golf pro to withdraw from the Rio Olympics. Citing the concerns over the ongoing Zika virus scare, Pace has decided to withdraw. She will likely not be the last to do so. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-30-golf-south-african-pace-first-lpga-player-to-skip-rio) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **4** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The percentage of the world's cheese made in a year that is stolen. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1934 saw Hitler's **Night of the Long Knives** purge take place.Fact of the day: Surprisingly, **V for Vendetta** was broadcast in China without any censorship at all. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 1° max: 21°, sunny CPT: min: 7° max: 17°, cloudy DBN: min: 15° max: 25°, sunny EL: min: 14° max: 27°, cloudy JHB: min: 2° max: 21°, sunny KIM: min: 4° max: 22°, cloudy NLP: min: 6° max: 26°, sunny PMB: min: 5° max: 25°, cloudy PKN: min: 5° max: 22°, sunny PE: min: 12° max: 25°, sunny PTA: min: 3° max: 21°, sunny \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$49.96Gold=$1,324.26 Platinum=$1,007.59 R/$=14.84 R/€=16.48 R/£=19.87 $/€=1.11 JSE All Share=51,890.42 DJIA=17,640.75 FTSE 100=6,360.06 [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **FEATURED**\\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/AosvY9lndm1Rw5wSTXLvLcKaYBmWoDtFinXDY-T7-2SvEPMYh_dyuB_AgYSRbvLLHstH8UrjOSBqLFQKcOH_9Dw-V1jTA-ah-GoRSIkKtU9aUZ3C6NPBNvlhWKe5QCwDlxvz9ry_jQLJ9KYIYrDPVE4=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70amab-torture-MAIN-PHOTO.jpg)the story." /> \\\| [amaBhungane: Torture and the culture of fear in a ‘free’ South Africa](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-30-amabhungane-torture-and-the-culture-of-fear-in-a-free-south-africa/) By AMABHUNGANE \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Photo: Roelf Meyer and Melanie Verwoerd (EWN)](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Kp1spchWWd-rIY2jOMLj3ztqYI0-h6sRBph3xevu2bhEgIZSMywPbL-usaLE0ofTjAj3qFAB2veUp0Yu0Flhh4SifcOFVytFOMR-Z3n8Y2FPonKm4Ul1AS9KCbOIyUeQMzVjgz6M5FXls5M8ubPkMaADi8mLKVSoIWsULYMv=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Roelf-Meyer-interview-Daily-Maverick.jpg) \\\| [Roelf Meyer: ‘We had bigger challenges then than we do now’](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-30-we-had-bigger-challenges-then-than-we-do-now-roelf-meyer/) By Melanie Verwoerd \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Oz_M0PQtIiHB6ARVqgFxM7-JPy_ZKjQmAJxb4GxBLDrFddreoRts97VPr7EomuhagKGz2rV8ZQUazSbcDlYJYkUEnfwpUiDqEAi5YAqw2nAoOJkIHEk3gcxczvqYdTfysQV5fL9wjNICzbHURBIPhO6hJcU=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Greg-N-IEC-briefing-subbed.jpg)nearby shop during protests in Atteridgeville, a township located to the west of Pretoria, South Africa June 21, 2016. 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