EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: New Zealanders — don’t forget to apply for your visa to SA
Hurricane Hlaudi’s devastation of the SABC, and are all systems go for proposals on nuclear procurement?
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world The state’s nuclear plans cannot be wished away. In a surprise move, Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson says Eskom is due to issue a call for proposals. Tit-for-tat as SA imposes visa requirement on New Zealanders. Having met the Hawks and the Commercial Crimes Unit, the standing committee on public accounts is now looking to rope in the Public Service Commission, the Office of the Public Protector and civil society organisations in bringing the executive to account. In my opinion Matters of debate It is hard to think of a single free-market argument that would justify immigration control, observes Stephen Friedman, commenting on Johannesburg mayor and free market advocate Herman Mashaba’s recent comparison of immigrants who lack government papers with criminals. Some of the SABC’s best staff have left. Its boardroom is empty. Its coffers are depleted. It’s a nightmare, with Hurricane Hlaudi at the core. The rand’s share has fallen be...
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