BYTES FROM THE DIGITAL WORLD
EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Fidel’s sister chooses freedom over funeral
The DA has some advice for ANC MPs; and is SARS as worried as the rest of us about its moonlighting spokesman?
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world SARS spokesman’s double-dipping exposed, and it seems the revenue authority can’t see the conflict of interest for what it is. The DA’s advice to the ANC on getting rid of Jacob Zuma: Only 52 of you need to break ranks in the House for a motion of no confidence to pass! A plan to check spending by parastatals — South Africans may have rating agencies to thank for it. In My Opinion Matters of debate Carol Paton argues that a consultative conference is the only possible way out of the crisis in the ANC. Fidel Castro’s funeral is a vexing issue for world leaders. But Juanita Castro — Fidel’s sister, who has lived in exile in Miami for more than 50 years — will also not attend, saying whatever her personal family sadness, her belief in freedom was stronger. In his own country, and to many in the West, Fidel Castro’s regime was a repressive, single-minded pursuit of a communist revolution, no matter the human cost — but not across much of Afri...
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