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What Helen Zille learnt in Singapore, didn’t learn from that tweet and how she has backed Mmusi Maimane into a corner
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world Efforts to develop an alternative government-friendly system involving the Post Office may be stymied by President Jacob Zuma’s appointment of himself to head the Cabinet’s interministerial committee on social grants. The suspected kingpin behind the audacious OR Tambo International Airport cash heist has been arrested after posting pictures of himself with a new R5m Lamborghini on social media. In My Opinion Matters of debate Hellen Zille shares what she learnt from her trip to Singapore, digressing into what she didn’t learn from her "For those claiming legacy of colonialism was ONLY negative, think of our independent judiciary, transport infrastructure, piped water etc." tweet. After backing Mmusi Maimane to the hilt, Zille has now backed him into a corner, writes Gareth van Onselen. "If whatever disciplinary action is taken against Zille is deemed too weak, it will be argued Maimane is weak in turn — unable to take a stand against Zil...
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