NEWSWATCH: CEO of First National Bank, Michael Jordaan, tweeted earlier today announcing his resignation: "After 10 years at the helm of FNB, I will step down at the end of 2013. Thanks for all your support." Jacques Celliers, currently the FNB Business Banking CEO, is expected to take the reins as of next year.

[Anton Harber] Dr Iqbal Survé is being secretive about his consortium's purchase of Independent News and Media, and this is starting to sour his arrival in the news industry.

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Jeremy Clarkson done it again, this time on the subject of babies and aircraft, reports IOL, and we have a couple of YouTube videos, one courtesy The Citizen, for you on close encounters of a different kind - including a demonstration that elephants break windows, and booze and these giants are not a good mix (video).

[Yaron Assabi] While over the years the main objective of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - customer retention - hasn't changed, it must be said that the strategic implementation and platforms certainly continue to evolve, as they should, and today mobility is driving this evolution.