BYTES FROM THE DIGITAL WORLD
EDITORS’ LUNCHBOX: Jacob Zuma loath to create ‘two centres of power’
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world Taking a dig at Thabo Mbeki — who infamously contemplated standing for a third term as ANC president — Jacob Zuma says he is not standing for re-election as the party’s leader as this would create "two centres of power". Gwede Mantashe says those circulating lists of aspiring leaders thrive on chaos and divisions in the party. He was speaking the ANC succession process heats up, as lists are starting to circulate. A tale of two politicians: mayor Herman Mashaba ventured out this week as education MEC Panyaza Lesufi tackled the Gauteng school crisis. Good news as African horse sickness is finally tamed, paving way for the breeding and export of more South African thoroughbreds. In My Opinion Matters of debate Financial Mail editor Rob Rose notes that Coronation has some rather unusual practices. Not least of which is that the asset manager sets aside 30% of its pretax profit every year as a "bonus" for its staff. While that was worth zero ...
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