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EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Herman Mashaba to lay charges against councillors
Steven Friedman says secret votes by MPs are not democratic, and Gareth van Onselen asks what the DA Women’s Network has been up to
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world ANC councillors "did nothing" to stop the violence against DA and EFF councillors. Now Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba is laying charges, after several were reported injured. EFF weighs in on application for a secret ballot in the no confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma. Suicide among farmers is at record levels, especially in the arid Northern Cape. In My Opinion Matters of debate Steven Friedman says a secret ballot in Parliament is a violation of citizens’ right to know if public representatives are serving them. Gareth Van Onselen looks at the "temporary permanence" of the DA Women’s Network. Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba is no doubt discovering just how much of a poisoned chalice his new portfolio can be, says Hilary Joffe. Finding Alpha The long and the short of the markets Cellphone companies again in the Competition Commission’s crosshairs. New-store openings drive revenue growth at Pick n Pay. A total of 70 new franchi...
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