🔒 Premium: US Media quietly admits its Gupta Leaks, dismissed as fake news, was real
At BizNews, this story reminded us of SA’s Gupta Leaks, where explosive information was extracted from an abandoned computer.
New York Times
Biden accused of lying about arrests, SA, Mandela – Washington Post
The Washington Post says President-elect of the United States Joe Biden lied about being arrested while trying to see Nelson Mandela.
🔒 Spur gets under skins of conservative SA whites – New York Times
We sometimes miss undercurrents when all seems glassy-calm on the surface. One such has been picked up the New York Times.
🔒 Ramaphosa listens very carefully, and responds, to international media
In the process of singling out an article on South African Deputy President David Mabuza, the New York Times has also revealed that President Cyril Ramaphosa is tuned in to the world’s media.
What treaty? Trump: US won’t automatically defend NATO allies against Putin
Donald Trump says the US will only come to the aid of NATO members attacked by Russia after reviewing whether those nations “have fulfilled their obligations to us.”
How world sees SA: NYT, US’s biggest newspaper twice urges – Zuma Must Go
In its massively circulated Friday edition, the New York Times’s editorial board issued a call to South Africans to eject their deeply compromised President Jacob Zuma.
Economist Piketty turns down France’s highest honour
France’s star economist Thomas Piketty, who shot to fame and topped best-seller lists in 2014 with his controversial book on wealth and inequality, has declined the country’s highest award, the Legion d’Honneur.
Matthew Lester: Lifelong learning – part-time MBA with tax benefits
By Matthew Lester It is now five years since the depths of the global credit crunch. The rot may have been checked but world prosperity seems to still be a long way off. In the aftermath of the global credit crunch the business environment has been subject to substantial reform across a very broad spectrum. … Read more
Why values matter in business: five key lessons from Tylenol Crisis from the “Tylenol Man” himself
Alan Hilburg is credited with the textbook case for successful management of a reputational crisis. Three decades back, the US-based communications guru crafted what was then an extremely innovative response to the famous Tylenol Crisis. The decision to remove $100m worth of the pain killers off shelves worldwide initially drew criticism as a massive over-reaction. … Read more
