Stories of noteBytes from the digital world"We are just saying up to so far we’ve been patient but our patience is running out," Deputy Mineral Resources Minister Godfrey Oliphant threatened critics of President Jacob Zuma.Chartered marketer Mzwanele Manyi, who has laid treason charges against AngloGold Ashanti chairperson Sipho Pityana for calling for Zuma to step down, has been asked by the Treasury to show his evidence against government’s chief procurement officer Kenneth Brown.As much as 40% of the government’s R600bn budget for goods and services is being consumed by inflated prices from suppliers and by fraud, Brown reckons.Cornish fish moving north with climate change may struggle to understand Scouse counterparts, a study says, making it harder for them to mate.In my opinionMatters of debateThe ANC will use its 2001 treatise (Through the Eye of a Needle?) as a basis for selecting a new party leader at its 54th national conference in 2017 — the same one used to elect Zuma at...

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