EDITORS’ LUNCHBOX: Hawks apparently held SARS lawyer hostage
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world The EFF take the fighters part of their name quite literally — the image from the Buffalo City scuffle looks just like a judo tournament, as a cop was brought down. These guys do not go gently! Boardroom lock-in over charging Pravin Gordhan. Meanwhile, Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation have presented "new evidence" showing that charges against Pravin Gordhan were being pursued for an ulterior purpose In my opinion Matters of debate If Pravin Gordhan takes an extra R43bn out of the economy in tax increases, can he really claim to be inspiring investment, asks Hilary Joffe. The simple answer from the minister and his team, she suggests, seems to be that the dearth of investment is a political and a confidence problem — and that the priority for the next two years is to stabilise the public finances and avoid a ratings downgrade, which would damage growth and confidence even more than tax increases would. Pravin Gordhan’s bud...
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