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EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Few disagree with claim of development plan’s inertia
Manuel and Radebe disagree about the NDP, and it’s Lynne Brown’s turn to answer some difficult questions about Gupta’s Eskom ties
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world Trevor Manuel speaks for many when he says the NDP is a long way from implemenation, but Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe disagrees. Now its Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown who has to answer for misleading comments over the Guptas’ preferential ties with Eskom. Stuttafords: A slow descent into an uncertain future for SA’s 159-year-old retailer. Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba explains his decision on the Oppenheimers’ application for customs and immigration services at its OR Tambo operation. In My Opinion Matters of debate John Dludlu says Malusi Gigaba owes the Treasury’s former director-general, Lungisa Fuzile, a debt of gratitude for resigning. The finance minister now has a chance to appoint someone he trusts, notwithstanding Fuzile’s excellent tenure. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi seems to think that if wage earners are prepared to hand over some of their hard-earned cash to medical schemes to fund their future medic...
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