EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: ANC’s leadership prospects look bleak — and tea leaves don’t lie
Gigaba’s plans for Treasury may indicate an abandonment of the Public Finance Management Act, as Trump asks "Who’s Menser?"
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world "We have spent R50bn on SAA since 1999. If we had not done that‚ we [could] have bought Emirates Airlines. We would have, in 23 years, had at least four CEOs being head-hunted for being effective and efficient, knowing how to run an award-winning airline‚" Business Leadership SA CEO Bonang Mohale tells a conference. "Mensa would be happy to hold a testing session for President Trump and Secretary Tillerson," the high-IQ group announced after Trump, in an interview with Forbes magazine, threatened to challenge Rex Tillerson to an IQ battle for reportedly calling him a "f***ing moron" during a Pentagon meeting. In My Opinion Matters of debate Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s actions are hollowing out the capacity of the Treasury, and while he can throw accusations that his critics are anti-transformation, it will not be long before the slide will have become irreversible. Tony Leon reads the tea leaves of the finally open contest of contend...
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