South africas battered economy tries to recover from a double downgrade, but it wont be easy especially trying to borrow money from its internationalfriends. And all on board. Yep, how a group of enterprising berliners, fed up with paying ever more for their daily Train Tickets clubbed together to crowd fund their own train line. Were going to take a ride with them. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. Welcome to the programme. If you give me your eight minutes, i will give me your eight minutes, i will give you an exciting snapshot of the world of business and money. We will start south, south africa in that. As South Africas president jacob zuma celebrates his 75th birthday, festivities may be rather more low key than usual. In less than a week, the countrys members of parliament are scheduled to hold a vote of no confidence against the president. Why . Well it comes after he ousted some of his key political opponents in a recent cabinet reshuffle. Today, members of
Markets. And well be getting the inside track on one start up that is taking used batteries and giving them a second life. As the boss of United Airlines, we wa nt to as the boss of United Airlines, we want to know when have you wished youd apologised sooner . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. As south africas president jacob zuma celebrates His 75th Birthday, the festivities may be rather more low key than usual. In less than a week, the countrys members of parliament are scheduled to hold a vote of no confidence against the president. Why . It comes after he ousted some of his key political opponents in a recent cabinet reshuffle. Today, members of the public are expected to take to the streets in protest at the move, but mr zumas decision also has big implications for the economy. South africa has been downgraded to junk status by two of the leading debt ratings agencies, fitch and s p. They argue that the reshuffle will hamper the countrys efforts to manage