EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Funny = dark and a high IQ = longer relationships. QED
And, if the Guptas can get away with it, why can’t other taxpayers snub SARS, too?
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world President Jacob Zuma drops Blade Nzimande and makes another throw of the dice before December. Unlike KPMG, which has made some admissions and got rid of some staff, McKinsey is still in denial mode. It’s something we might have suspected: researchers say it takes a high IQ to have a sense of humour, especially the dark kind, and it is a very desirable quality in a long-term partner. In My Opinion Matters of debate Claire Bisseker says there seems to be a view that if the Guptas and their associates can get away with so much because SARS and the National Prosecuting Authority can no longer mount credible investigations into high net worth individuals, the small fry are probably safe too. One big question for Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba, as he goes into next week’s budget, is how he proposes to finance the more than R5bn in bailouts he has already provided to SAA, to enable it to repay loans that Standard Chartered and Citibank have ref...
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