Stories of note Bytes from the digital world The net is closing on former Prasa executives. Erstwhile chief financial officer Fenton Gastin must pay back R8.2m. Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba takes charge of the city’s billing crisis. A service provider has been appointed and has started work on a full diagnostic investigation of the root causes of all billing inaccuracies. Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi wields the axe over the secret disposal of SA’s strategic fuel reserves in 2015. In my opinion Matters of debate It is hard to verify whether cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) unsafe mines is entering a supply chain of dizzying complexity, which may involve mining in the DRC, smelting in China, and sales as part of a laptop or electric car, in Los Angeles or London. Tim Cohen says Unilever is uniquely positioned to attempt to incorporate the human development goals into its business, as a fundamental part of its business model. While there is nothing wrong with p...

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