BYTES FROM THE DIGITAL WORLD
EDITORS’ LUNCHBOX: Eskom spins like a stool in a Saxonwold shebeen
Guests at Zuma's table, the SACP finds itself unable to call for Jacob Zuma’s resignation, and should Shaun Abrahams apply for the top FBI job?
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world Eskom served up an amazing amount of tripe on Friday at its response to the damning evidence against it in former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report, making us wonder if #SaxonwoldShebeen did the catering. Spinning at more than 50hz, Eskom evaded all questions as to why its CEO, Brian Molefe, spoke to Tegeta director and now Oakbay Investment CEO Ronica Ragavan on April 11, the day its board held a meeting at 9pm to grant Tegeta the R600m it was short to complete its acquisition of Optimum colliery. Nevermind the 66 calls between Molefe and Ajay Gupta, 44 of which were answered. The SACP, which was among those that campaigned for Jacob Zuma to take over as president of the ANC, finds itself unable to call for his resignation. No doubt for some of the party’s leaders who sit in Cabinet, asking for your boss’s retirement would make Cabinet meetings very uncomfortable. This could be another form of capture. Now it’s t...
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