EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Bell Pottinger’s giant fake news scheme exposed
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world The Bell Pottinger-aligned network of fake news produced at least 220,000 tweets and hundreds of Facebook posts to confuse the South African public between July 2016 and July 2017. Who is surprised that support for the ANC is in steep decline? Ramaphosa confesses to extra-marital affair but says some of the other seven women named as his "girlfriends" were in fact students he and his wife, Tshepo Motsepe, were assisting financially. In my opinion Matters of debate Tim Cohen says Cyril Ramaphosa’s problem is not his marital infidelity; it is the same as it has always been: Marikana. Anton Harber says Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk is the easy target for shareholders who are looking to realise what they see as the hidden value in the company. Prince Mashele says in the clean-up that will follow Jacob Zuma’s exit, South African companies that are sitting on mountains of idle cash must be inspired to release their money into productive activities. ...
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