Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world The intelligence minister, David Mahlobo, views court challenges against the state as evidence of a destabilisation plot. Managers who illegally employ foreigners could be fined or be imprisoned for two years. The Treasury and Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba are still at odds over the proposed Border Management Agency. The next phase of the Automotive Production and Development Programme could also cover trucks, buses and motorcycles. In My Opinion Matters of debate Adekeye Adebayo says Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has thrived on spewing xenophobic vitriol and espousing a crass nativism, unable to grasp complex issues, talking as if foreigners and criminals are synonymous, linking prostitution to Nigerians and complaining that migrants are "messing up Joburg". Onkgoptse JJ Tabane says Nomonde Mapetla waged a bitter and lonely battle to expose the almost criminal activities of some of the biggest names in the estate-agency trade, ...

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