Daily Insider: Thought leaders say time to hit the eject button – on Tongaat and ANC

START YOUR MORNING BY LISTENING TO TODAY'S BIZNEWS BREAKFAST BRIEFING – Tempered Fed approach helps shares; Tongaat shareholder revolt; Prof Jansen hits ANC jugular; Remote work is changing USA.Catch up with the latest on BizNews.com.Tongaat shareholder revolt – activist Woollam demands board resignsSA's on slippery slope towards a failed stateSouth Africans speak out: "We're behind 'tell it like it is' Hersov"MTN in discussions to bring Telkom on board – again MUST READ: What a dispiriting experience teaching in SA has becomeSLR: UK's just too Woke for its own goodSecure your wealth by investing in offshore propertyEuro slips below dollar as Europe's economic fortunes slump – (Premium).Thought leaders say time to hit the eject button – on Tongaat and ANC .The news flow tends to move in waves. Right now in South Africa, dramatic change is in the air. We're seeing even previously thoughtful commentators losing patience. .Shareholder activist Dave Woollam, for instance, has been playing nice with Tongaat for three years. It started when he approached the board of directors with a warning that something serious was wrong, well before the accounting fraud scandal erupted..He was firmly rebuffed, to shareholders' enormous cost. After Friday's announcement that the company no longer satisfied the basic accounting requirement of being a 'going concern', Woollam has switched from Poodle into Doberman mode..There's a similar approach being adopted by globally respected academic Prof Jonathan Jansen. As my colleague Michael Appel discovered in Friday's interview, when it comes to the ANC the Prof's gloves are well and truly off – "vote these buggers out" he urges. After hearing this government promising to double up by creating ANOTHER Eskom, who can blame him? .data-title=" WATCH: BizNews A-Plus Show duo Alec Hogg and Michael Appel are back with episode 11 of their weekly round-up of business, investments, news and politics banter you need to know. In focus this episode: AfriForum working to "state-proof communities"; ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang says Ramaphosa must step down; mass small-scale power generation could end loadshedding in 12 months; Cape Town unrepentantly focused on purchasing power from individuals/businesses; SA on a slippery slope to failed statehood; Magnus Heystek on rand nosediving 17% in three months.".UPCOMING EVENTS – SIGN UP NOW .BizNews Conference .The BNC#4 house full signs have temporarily been removed. Some rooms have been freed up through our team finding alternative accommodation and a few early bookers not meeting their deposits. If you want to stay on-site, here's your chance. But please act quickly, because the hotel's rooms are sure to be fully allocated soon. Click here for all the details and to register your interest..To receive the Daily Insider every weekday at 6am in your inbox click here. You can also sign up to the weekend's BizNews Digest for a wrap of the best content BizNews has to offer, for a leisurely Saturday read.

Daily Insider: Thought leaders say time to hit the eject button – on Tongaat and ANC

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