Bruce's List
PETER BRUCE: A chance for Carrim to redeem himself
How Yunus Carrim can make right what he did wrong
Bruce’s List: A guide to informed reads. As we clink and clank our way to the holidays the silly season is nonetheless having a bit of a time taking centre stage. Some events of actual importance are still making it into the newspapers. But the most important, in terms of its urgency, is President Jacob Zuma’s blatant attempt to delay for as long as possible the signing of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Act into law. It provides for better oversight of money laundering and the financing of terrorism. In order to protect his sponsors, the Guptas and others, Zuma has objected to the fact that the bill allows for search without a warrant and has returned it to parliament to sort out the constitutional contradictions therein.Except that there aren’t any contradictions. The Zuptas just don’t want people snooping around their bank accounts. Parliament has already unanimously passed the bill and the head of the standing committee on finance, Yunus Carrim of the ANC, was not th...
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