JUSTICE MALALA: Enough to make jaws drop
Our president never fails to amaze - but a little pizza place in Parkwood evokes a far more pleasing sense of wonder
Oh, the irony! Oh, the gumption and the chutzpah! Did you see that? Did you see what the president of the republic just did there? You have to give it to him. He is a pro. So the latest GDP numbers are released last week — amid the name-calling and the skulduggery in the ANC you may have missed it — and the president is swift to release a statement.He does not take long to do it, either, unlike the time he waited a whole day to reprimand the useless mineral resources minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, about the non-existent judicial probe into the banks.Anyway, the president said that the 3.3% quarterly growth of the economy "is very good news and gives hope to our people". He congratulated "government‚ business and labour on the good news". The latest figures, he enthused, "indicate that our economy is resilient and has the potential to grow even more, despite the challenging domestic and global headwinds it faces".You have to give it to the man. After firing Nhlanhla Nene from the finance...
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