BYTES FROM THE DIGITAL WORLD
EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: All eyes on Cyril Ramaphosa after Cabinet bombshell
The fired finance minister and his deputy learned of their dismissal from TV
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world Who is celebrating Pravin Gordhan’s departure? SARS commissioner Tom Moyane, no doubt. All eyes on Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe’s next move. SABC television’s audience share dropped to 45% in the last quarter, down from an average of 53% in the 2012-13 financial year. Meanwhile, former communications minister Faith Muthambi instructs members of the SABC interim board not to start work until they receive security clearance. In My Opinion Matters of debate It seems almost inevitable now that SA’s government debt will be downgraded to junk status, but even if it is not, there is simply no conceivable way that Pravin Gordhan’s successor can possibly regain the same level of trust of foreign lenders. Iqbal Surve, Sekunjalo Group and Independent Media executive chairperson is once again on the pages of his own newspaper. He appears not once but twice in the same edition of The Star on Friday — in the...
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