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EDITORS’ LUNCHBOX: The quest to locate the mythical Saxonwold shebeen
Barbara Hogan says during a state visit to India in June 2010, members of the Gupta family took control of the proceedings and directed the programme
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world Eskom CEO has spawned a raft of jokes about the Saxonwold shebeen, following his explanation on Thursday that the reason he was in Saxonwold was not to visit the Guptas but to go to a shebeen in the area. However, even the residents association in Saxonwold does not know of any such shebeen in the area. Former public enterprises minister Barbara Hogan, who was interviewed by Thuli Madonsela for the state capture report, says during a state visit to India in June 2010, she noticed that members of the Gupta family had taken control of the proceedings and were appearing to be directing the programme. Meanwhile, the theatre of South African politics now moves to Parliament, where a committee will soon begin probing developments at the SABC. There is no support for opening up deliberations of the Judicial Service Commission. The current "cloak of confidentiality" enhances the process of selecting judges by "allowing members to robustly and can...
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