EDITOR'S LUNCHBOX: Are Zuma and Ramaphosa ready for the celebrations?
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world All is set for the ANC’s January 8 celebrations on Sunday. Really? It turns out that both President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa have not conducted any door-to-door campaign ahead of such a major event, as is normal practice for the party. Pravin Gordhan raises fresh concerns over South African Revenue Service commissioner Tom Moyane. The finance minister says it took Moyane more than four months to act against his deputy Jonas Makwakwa, and only after allegations had surfaced in the media. South Africans’ expectations of presidential aspirant Ramaphosa seem insurmountable when one considers the extent of damage done to the party since Zuma’s rise to power was solidified at the ANC’s bitterly divisive Polokwane conference in 2007, writes Ongama Mtimka. In My Opinion Matters of debate In his letter to the matric class of 2016, former University of the Free State vice-Chancellor Jonathan Jansen does not mince his words as...
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