The unintended consequences of Ramaphosa’s billions – Daily Newsletter

Hi there, Many in the business community have put their hope in the country’s new Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. A member of the elite Riverclub Golf Club; some-time buyer of the rich’s ultimate gamble, buffalos; a billionaire many times over. The former trade unionist is favoured by the business community because he’s “one of us”. … Read more

Rubbish rumours. Tweeting idiot Justine Sacco no relation to Desmond Sacco, SA mining billionaire.

By Alec Hogg South Africans watched with fascination and then horror at the nuclear-type fallout after  Cape Town-headed New Yorker Justine Sacco’s inappropriate tweet about HIV/Aids, Africa and being White. Justine Sacco, high profile Public Relations executive, achieved global notoriety after she tweeted from Heathrow en route to Cape Town for Christmas with family. The … Read more