EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: How might US sanctions on Iran affect SA?
The grounds on which the DA has finally fired Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille stink, and navigating the rabbit warren that is Steinhoff
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world Previously‚ sanctions imposed on Iran by the US resulted in a big decline in trade between it and SA. Oil sales were particularly hard hit. In 2004‚ according to Statistics SA‚ SA bought 8-million tonnes of crude oil from Iran‚ and the country was the third-biggest exporter of oil to SA in 2011. MTN warned last week it faced the risk of not being able to repatriate about R4.6bn from Iran if US President Donald Trump exited the Iran nuclear accord. In my opinion Matters of debate The grounds on which the DA has finally fired Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille stink as much as the Browse Mole and the hoax e-mails used in the ANC’s internal faction fights. The DA is a strategic mess, and its leader, Mmusi Maimane, has about as much grip on strategy as he has on principle or the political consequences of the insane game he is playing, writes Gareth van Onselen. Finding alpha The long and the short of the markets "Steinhoff is like a rabbit war...
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