Alec Hogg: All hail the Free State activist – this time with the interview link!

For only the second time this year, the contrarians among us will today celebrate Friday the 13th. It's my absolutely favourite day because of a life-changing event that happened 30 years ago. For many, however, they're grateful the day only happens once in some years and a maximum of three times in others. The superstition about Friday the 13th is so widely held there's even a word for it – triskaidekaphobia, from the Greek words for Friday and Thirteen.

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South Africans will be hoping this Friday the 13th turns out to be a really bad day for one Elias 'Ace' Magashule (61) who appears in court today on criminal charges relating to a R255m asbestos roof audit scam pulled by the provincial government he led for nine years. Click on the image above to download the latest BizDigest PDF where you'll be able to get the background.

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