EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Suzanne Daniels’s surprise Gupta-and-friends meeting
Jonathan Jansen finds it hard to believe Jacob Zuma has studied the fees commission report, and Steinhoff must defend itself again
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world Before Suzanne Daniels was suspended as Eskom’s head of legal and compliance for demanding Trillian pay back R600m it mysteriously received, she was invited for coffee by Trillian’s then owner Salim Essa. That turned into a meeting with Ajay Gupta, President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane Zuma and Deputy Public Enterprises Minister Ben Martins, to discuss fired Eskom CEO Brian Molefe’s pension. A survey by venture capital firm Blockchain Capital found that about 30% of those in the 18-to-34 age range would rather own $1,000 worth of Bitcoin than $1,000 of government bonds or stocks. The study of more than 2,000 people found that 42% of millennials are at least somewhat familiar with bitcoin, compared with 15% among those ages 65 and up. In my opinion Matters of debate If President Jacob Zuma entrenches himself more deeply, SA might come to look more like Vladimir Putin’s Russia, or even Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, than the Rainbow Nation promise...
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