EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Behind the ANC top-secret election campaign
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world The ANC planned to spend R50m on a covert campaign targeting opposition parties in the 2016 local government elections, according to court papers filed in the High Court in Johannesburg. A covert team, initially known as the war room, intended to "disempower DA and EFF campaigns" and set a pro-ANC agenda using a range of media, without showing the ANC’s hand, investigative journalism team amaBhungane discovered. High-and middle-income taxpayers are likely to bear the brunt of the tax increases Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will announce in his budget on February 22. If you believe Gupta-family owned Oakbay Investments acting CEO Ronica Ragavan’s anonymous sources, Gordhan told 60 captains of industry that steps had to be taken to "clip the wings" of the politically connected family. In my opinion Matters of debate President Jacob Zuma’s rumoured imminent Cabinet reshuffle will probably be about personal and political survival, punishing...
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