EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Eskom and SABC divest themselves of malcontents
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world Eskom board chairman Ben Ngubane resigned with immediate effect on Monday night. Recently leaked e-mails show that associates and business partners of the Gupta family appear to have drafted the first public statement issued by Ngubane when he became acting chairman of Eskom two years ago. SABC executive Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been fired from the public broadcaster following recommendations after an independent disciplinary hearing. "Colourful" US basketball star Dennis Rodman is on his way to North Korea again, on a mission sponsored by Potcoin — which is totally what it sounds like. The Washington Post wonders whether Donald Trump — who has called Kim Jong-un a smart cookie — sent Rodman. In My Opinion Matters of debate Our country hasn’t really had an economic vision and plan to follow for almost a decade. Worse, we have had a regime that is completely uninterested (not to be confused with disinterested) in the economy, writes John Dlud...
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