Sheba, the tiger that prowled around the south of Johannesburg early this week and was eventually shot dead, was Gwede Mantashe, minister of mineral resources and energy, went the joke. We laugh even in dark times, being South African. 

I thought the prowling predator was looking for Prof Anton Eberhard after he wrote a stinging piece in the Sunday Times. ..

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