Bruce’s List: A daily guide to informed reads.Easily the best read of the day is Tom Eaton in The Times, powerfully reminding us that we need to call things what they really are. SA’s leaders are in fact thieves and are stealing public money. They do this through state-owned companies, which Eaton correctly identifies as ATMs. Because we don’t call things what they are we never get to fix them. Well, most of us. There’s still outgoing public protector Thuli Madonsela out there trying to wrestle answers about state capture and the Guptas from President Jacob Zuma in her last few days in office. What a spectacle that story has become. Naturally, he doesn’t want to answer her and his tactics are Nkandla all over again. Zuma should coach the Springboks — he’d fit right it. If by some misfortune you find yourself with the ball in your hands, kick it as far downfield as you can, boys ... Sadly, as we know, giving the ball back to the other guys too often usually means you lose the game. T...
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