EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Zuma fights back about Duduzane’s right to work
Is a secret parliamentary vote comparable to employees being asked to decide whether or not to vote against their employer?
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world A visibly irate President Jacob Zuma told DA leader Mmusi Maimane there was no law that prevented his son, Duduzane, from becoming a businessman. Duduzane’s name has featured prominently in the leaked Gupta e-mails that detail the extent of the controversial family’s influence in government affairs. Sacking Pravin Gordhan as finance minister has stalled a R1.5bn plan to help reduce youth unemployment. In My Opinion Matters of debate A year ago nobody had heard of "radical economic transformation". It was not in a single ANC policy document or in any state directive. It was conjured from nothing and is now a defining feature of political discourse, writes Jonny Steinberg. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s attack on the Reserve Bank followed Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane’s failed 2016 move to help the Gupta family out of its bank account problems by having the finance minister, instead of the central bank issue licences, wr...
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