Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africas recent history for laughs . Pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. But would you say youre fundamentally driven by anger, or is it Something Else . I think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. So actually i try to keep a balance of 49 anger, 51 entertainment, not the o
Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africas recent history for laughs . Pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. But would you say youre fundamentally driven by anger, or is it Something Else . I think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. So actually i try to keep a balance of 49 anger, 51 entertainment, not the o
Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africas recent history for laughs . Pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. But would you say youre fundamentally driven by anger, or is it Something Else . I think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. So actually i try to keep a balance of 49 anger, 51 entertainment, not the o
Equities are faring right now. What is start. Three days of declines for the european benchmarks, shares rallying today. These currencies falling against the dollar, but yields are down commodities. It has been a data rich day today. Growth accelerating, were talking about pmsi for the first time pmsi for the first time in 3 months. 55. 1 veruss revised 54. 2. Companies reporting that export orders, which climbed to the second highest reading since record again in 1992, boosted by the Sterling Exchange rate as well as Stronger Economic growth in the eurozone, north america, and asiapacific region. The domestic market also contributing to order. It is a weaker level than earlier this year. Manufacturing accounts for 1 10 of the u. K. Economy. The economy chugging along,. 6 rate, a sign the economy is delivering at a robust rate. Weve got a host of figures showing its a robust recovery from Economic Confidence to joblessness to manufacturing, signaling this recovery, gaining steam underp
This is the stoxx 600. Investors cautious today before speeches i donald trump and janet yellen. Stoxx 600 down by 0. 2 . Dollarg down against the , falling against all its major peers after the times reported that Prime Minister theresa mays team is preparing for scotland to potentially call for an independence referendum in march. The french 10year yield is down to 89 basis points. Emmanuel macron opening up his biggest lead yet over Francois Fillon. Lets finish up with gold, down 0. 2 . Gold will head towards 1300 in as inflationmonths expectations pick up real Interest Rates turned negative. That is according to ubs wealth management. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Nejra the London Stock Exchange said its 13 billion tie up with Deutsche Boerse is unlikely to proceed after a new regulatory hurdle signaled a potential end to the effort to create a dominant european exchange. Officials had requested that the nsc divest its Trading Platform, but the nsc said it couldnt commit