Alec Hogg: Penny drops on SA’s destructive truth

One of the most amazing experiences in 16 visits to the World Economic Forum in Davos was witnessing how the global elite was awed by former US president Donald Trump. Participants stood five-deep to catch a glimpse of the controversial businessman-turned-politician's arrival. Silently straining ears to catch his greeting. Quite surreal. Trump is once again dominating headlines after this week's issue of legal papers against Silicon Valley's social media giants. He explains his reasoning in the Wall Street Journal this morning.

* Here in South Africa, it may have taken a quarter century but there's now clear evidence rational South Africans have cottoned onto their country's reality. RW Johnson's follow-up on Politicsweb to yesterday's brilliant treatise brutally unpacks how SA got here. On BizNews, Piet Viljoen explains why a rational approach to the true situation in his homeland also opens up opportunities.

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