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EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: SA among countries riding the wave of authoritarianism
It’s Stuttafords vs Stuttafords as two elite families draw swords, while Gordhan goes easy on the sugar tax and, details of another (better) arms deal
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world SARS is in the firing line over revenue shortfalls, even as it begins the disciplinary hearing against its second in charge, Jonas Makwakwa. Here’s the other arms deal — only local and better. Treasury reduces proposed rate for sugar tax, but fruit juice and milk products are still exempt. Eskom chair and former SABC chairman Ben Ngubane is a disappointment, says the Inkatha Freedom Party, which gave Ngubane his first political appointments. In My Opinion Matters of debate SA, Russia, Thailand and the Philippines are part of an authoritarian wave that began outside the established democracies of the west, spreading to the US and Europe. Two of SA’s elite families cross swords. The difference between Pravin Gordhan’s accommodating, inclusive style and that of President Jacob Zuma on economic transformation is like night and day. Finding Alpha The long and the short of the markets Here’s where and how SA borrows. Gordhan promises funding fo...
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