BYTES FROM THE DIGITAL WORLD
EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Allan Gray wants Serge Belamant’s head
Herman Mashaba sweeps Joburg clean; the Oxford comma is a make or break punctuation particle; and Helen Zille’s tweet has ‘really done her now’
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world Net1 CEO Serge Belamant’s claim that his investors are demanding the company raise its fees to help the government escape April’s welfare payment crisis has been disputed by Allan Gray, which owns 16% of the company — and which is calling for Belamant’s head. Frank Chikane lost his job as the boss of City Power as new broom, Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba, sweeps the city clean. Ignore the Oxford comma at your peril. A US dairy company had the misfortune of getting a grammarian as a judge in its dispute with truckers. In My Opinion Matters of debate Not since the dying days of apartheid have the good and the great co-operated with such urgency as they are now in their campaign to oust President Jacob Zuma, writes Jonny Steinberg. The nine discussion documents released by the ANC last Sunday ahead of June’s policy conference provide strong evidence that Zuma’s power is ebbing away, writes Anthony Butler. Finding Alpha The long and the s...
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