EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: In the first round, it’s EFF 1, Gupta family 0
Ministers Mosebenzi Zwane and Des van Rooyen have the dubious honour of playing hookey the most when it comes to meetings
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world The Gupta family’s plan to snag a R51bn runway upgrade project from the Airports Company SA (Acsa), along with a luxury terminal at OR Tambo International Airport owned by the Oppenheimer family’s aviation company, Fireblade, may have suffered a setback thanks to the EFF. Minerals Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane was meant to attend a meeting between the ANC and the Chamber of Mines on Tuesday, to discuss the controversial revised Mining Charter, but failed to pitch. Mosebenzi Zwane and Des van Rooyen have the reputation of being too busy attending meetings with people who count at the Saxonwold Shebeen to bother with less important. parliamentary gatherings. In My Opinion Matters of debate The Reserve Bank is the only thing that stands in the way of a desire to print money, a response to debt and state expenditure that is out of control. Once that happens, Zimbabwean-style economic decay on a grand scale will follow. And collapse is in...
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