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Bizthe rational perspectiveNewsDigest www.biznews.com Friday 13 November 2020 BizNewsCOM Ace and a full pack of cadres briefs Well may ANC secretary general wonder if the day of superstition, on Friday the 13th, will have a bearing on his long-awaited court appearance for his role in the notorious R255m asbestos-roof case in the . An ANC statement says 60% the former Free State premier will co-operate with law enforcement as he heads a growing list of suspects – 100 and counting – on a range of corruption charges. Magashule’s arrest has signalled a tightening of the noose around the necks of a veritable gallery of of 107 companies similarly implicated ANC heavyweights, notably Nomvula Makonyane, , , and Lynne Brown, listing in 2006/7, among others who allegedly plundered public funds under the conniving eye of recalled president . no longer on JSE By Derek Alberts

he secretary general of Lucara the ANC, Ace Magashule, is playing a double-dare Diamonds Tgame of compliance and defiance as he heads into the unknown 31 territory of legal accountability. stones mined larger On the one hand, he professes than 100 carats in 2020 to “fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies”, on the other, he won’t relinquish his ANC position before the court case starts. His arrest had evoked a vociferous 21% response from the so-called Radical Economic Transformation grouping Renewable that represents a loose, if incoherent, energy expansion opposition to Ramaphosa in the ANC. in 2020 Suggestions that Magashule was the victim of a conspiracy were enough for ANC maverick to vow his support for 5,838 the ANC treasurer general in the © 2020 - 2020 Zapiro (All Rights Reserved). Originally published in Daily Maverick. Mangaung High Court. Magashule also appears to fan not want supporters to march at online applications the conspiracy flames in a recent his trial or wear T-shirts or carry for 900 farms offered interview. placards featuring his name. But by government “The enemy is intending to it could well be a shrewd trick by Sasol under fire Lockdown relief demoralise us and we must refuse Magashule to invoke exactly what he Petrochemicals giant Sasol is facing Among the relaxation of Covid to be demoralised. We must refuse says he doesn’t want. The support, a rather uncomfortable reminder regulations; announced by President for lies to fly.” or lack of it, may well determine his about its pollution legacy from include the ANC deputy secretary general next move that is closely watched by activist shareholders who demand weekend sale of alcohol and fewer 3,000 a change. restrictions on international travel. said Magashule did the other implicated cadres. Chartered flights Who’s been arrested? See here Read the full article here Read the article here Read the article here ahead of Singles Day in China Subscribe here for your weekly BizNewsDigest Subscribe now 2 | Friday 13 November 2020 www.biznews.com FINANCe Basking in the comfort of the familiar

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It’s all about Mandela fib leadership trips up Biden while trying to see . By BizNews Reporter By Claire Badenhorst “This day, 30 years ago, Nelson Mandela walked out of prison and f business strategist Tracey Swanepoel had her way, resident-elect of the United entered into discussions about a company’s leadership should be measured by the States, Joe Biden has been . I had the great honour degree of employee engagement. It’s not the case, of accused of lying about of meeting him. I had the great Icourse, a shortcoming that in part motivated Swanepoel PSouth Africa and Nelson Mandela honour of being arrested with our to write The Leadership Riptide and How to Escape. by American media outlets. UN ambassador on the streets of The introduction outlines the theme of leadership The Washington Post reported that Soweto trying to get to see him on renewal, of being better leaders by engaging with Joe Biden told voters during three Robbens (sic) Island.” employees, of a company’s leadership using its leverage presidential campaign appearances On a second occasion, Biden to bring about change for the greater good of the business, in two weeks that he was arrested reportedly said the following: its people and stakeholders. in while trying to visit “After he [Mandela] got free and Poor leadership is a global phenomenon and Nelson Mandela. became president, he came to worldwide employee engagement numbers While Biden was active in the anti- Washington and came to my office. are shockingly low. Perhaps because Apartheid movement as a senator, He threw his arms around me and in many instances business does the there is no evidence to prove that said, ‘I want to say thank you.’ I said, opposite of what science has proven he was ever arrested for trying to ‘What are you thanking me for, Mr to work – in terms of motivating and see the imprisoned future president President?’ He said: ‘You tried to inspiring employees. Put differently, if of South Africa. see me. You got arrested trying to we want better engagement, we need to lead The New York Times also revealed s e e m e .’” differently! that Biden’s 2007 memoir makes no Biden was a vociferous critic of Swanepoel’s audio book is free for BizNews community Tracey Swanepoel’s mention of any such arrest. In fact, Apartheid rule and often bumped members. Download the first instalment by the business book is based on her personal Biden has never mentioned it before heads with members of America’s strategist, author and founder of THINKspiration. workplace experiences in a range and it can’t be found in any news administration that supported the of industries. reports. regime duriung the 1980s. According to The Washington Post, Download part 1 of audiobook here Biden said that he was arrested Read the full article here

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IN SHORT Justice fighter has Manufacturing struggling for traction Manufacturing data for the month September picked up slightly from the previous month, but output is still below levels recorded last year, an Ace up her sleeve according to Stats SA. Production declined 2.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) in September 2020, the 16th consecutive month of y-o-y decline. Seven of the 10 reporting divisions recorded a slowdown in activity, led by By Jarryd Neves the basic iron and steel and metal products and machinery sector.

n the most recent The Alec Covid grace amounted to more than R50bn Hogg Show, the Biznews The country’s banks have provided over R50 billion in financial relief in founder speaks to DA response to the Covid-19 pandemic and national lockdown, according Irepresentative Leona Kleynhans to the Banking Association South Africa. From April to October, about and her five-year fight to expose R33.61bn in payment breaks on credit agreements and R16.71bn under the corrupt dealings of former the state-backed loan guarantee scheme had been offered, via the Free State Premier Ace Magashule. voluntary relief initiative. The initiative, under a special dispensation Here are some excerpts from the from the government and its regulators, has since come to an end. interview.

Leona Kleynhans on her background I had been a councillor in the Leona Kleynhans Alec Hogg Outgoing AG Makwetu succumbs to cancer Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality Outgoing Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu, has died in hospital aged 54, since 2006 which had its own a week after being appointed to the UN Independent Audit Advisory challenges. I was then elected to deemed it to be not urgent. The why we thought this was a highly Committee. The auditor general’s office confirmed that Makwetu was the legislature in 2014. HOD and MEC who were sitting irregular contract. That was up until diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2018. in the court said, “no, no, no this May of this year, when the Public On the asbestos roof audit DA member is very confused and Protector’s report was released. A whistleblower came to us with a everything is all fine and hunky lot of the information and said this dory. We need to remove and On the Omnia flags improved earnings JSE-listed Omnia expects to report a 280% to 300% year-on-year isn’t right. It was a great big sack of replace the asbestos roofs in the I am aware that there have been increase in earnings a share for the six months ended September 30. documents that I went through. It Free State”. Nobody can argue charges laid against Ace Magashule, The group expects earnings-a-share to increase to between 146c and took about a week. I put the whole with that. Except that this contract in relation to the Vrede Dairy 154c. Results are expected on November 24. thing together and realised it didn’t didn’t even have that in mind. The Project. Now, obviously I’m not make any sense at all. I drew up a contract was to pay R255 million, privy to what the prosecuting list of all the problems that I had simply to find houses with asbestos authorities or the are doing encountered looking into it. In the roofs. in relation to that, but I would not African oil producers in doldrums caucus, we decided that we would be at all surprised if other charges Global oil demand is estimated not ever to exceed 2019 levels, with try for an urgent interdict in the On taking further action were possibly added – or different energy markets having reached a tipping point. According to PwC’s High Court, to stop I then took the whole sack of cases come about – with relation Africa Oil & Gas Review 2020, Africa’s top producers – Nigeria, Algeria, payments of that contract. documents and went to the public to other contracts, including the Angola, Libya and Egypt – collectively will suffer a 19% fall in oil protector. I lodged a complaint, Vrede Dairy controversy. production this year. On the court action gave all the evidence and our The urgent interdict was not own interpretation of what we successful because the judge had seen in the documents and Read the full article here Visit BizNews.com for the latest business and finance news

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This is With its roots firmly in exactly what God did for me.” African soil, Jerusalema’s The popularity of the song continues to amaze Zikode. message of hope brought “Honestly speaking, I also get calls redemption during the Covid from the pastors. They are sending desperation, much as the me messages saying, you know, song had delivered its author, Nomcebo, we believe that God sent gospel singer Nomcebo you. You also don’t know why you Zikode, from a difficult time sing this song during Covid-19, but we believe that God sent you to sing in her life. – Derek Alberts this song so that you can combine everyone, because this song actually unites all of us.” The runaway success of Jerusalema By Linda van Tilburg Gospel singer Nomceba Zikode and producer Master KG. notwithstanding, there are times when Zikode pinches herself in The dance challenge was endorsed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. 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THE WRY EYE Dinosaurs don’t do socialism Carnivorous humour Sitting pretty at home Will Sasol be around a 100 years from now? Not a chance, A butcher had fun drawing up a menu of what’s on The mayhem of the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief say some commentators, not if you consider the route to offer in a recent Facebook post. Scheme (Ters) benefits paid to people who were not lawfully extinction of some of the world’s largest companies that entitled to it, continue to amaze. According to labour minister had failed to adapt to change. Much as Sasol was at the Thulas Nxesi, not only did a beneficiary with the same ID number forefront of technology to convert coal to fuel all those years as an employee of the UIF score a cool R4m, a further R129,000 ago, that pioneering ingenuity is now rather passé, in the was paid over to prisoners and R224,677 to people below the context of climate change. The phenomenon also speaks to legal employment age. Five senior UIF officials, including another dynamic, that while inventive innovation appears commissioner Teboho Maruping, were suspended on full pay to thrive under capitalism, stagnation so often follows in for 60 days. Their collective wage bill, per month, comes to the wake of a (new) socialist dispensation. Eskom, SAA, R450,551. Another profitable day at home then. Denel et al, are you listening? Cuff-happy cops A crusader’s smile Speaking of wasteful expenditure, the KZN police collectively Crime-fighting crusader Paul O’Sullivan, whose endeavours had to fork out more than R300 million over the past five years to put criminals behind bars are regularly featured in for not doing their job properly. No less than 13,416 cases of BizNews, could be forgiven a wry smile at the resignation wrongful arrest were recorded – and victims recompensed – with of Hawks spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi. no plans in the offing to hold the cuff-happy cops to account. The brigadier, who is embroiled in various allegations of impropriety, has been in O’Sullivan’s sights for some time. Quote of the week Could it be that the resignation is a prelude to O’Sullivan’s The ongoing imbroglio over the US presidential election spawned mission to dress Mulaudzi in an orange jumpsuit? an apt quote: Donald Trump is democracy’s revenge on America. 8 | Friday 13 November 2020 www.biznews.com LIGHT A petrolhead goes share shopping Budding stock market investor Jarryd Neves, of BizNews, sends out an invitation to beginner like myself begin? Not too this is what fathering a newborn anyone who wants to ask questions about share investing – but is too embarrassed to ask. long ago, Alec Hogg interviewed is like, constantly obsessing over a Write to [email protected] and tune in for his regular Monday column: On the Money. Gerrie Fourie, the CEO of Capitec. small, newly acquired possession. They discussed the merits of EasyEquities, an online trading An indecisive 747 platform that allows you to invest A month in, I’m down to checking ON THE MONEY small amounts in big time stocks. it once a day. However, I still have myriad questions about the complex By Jarryd Neves The perfect tool world of stock trading. Why, for Something like EasyEquities would example, do my Tongaat shares et me start off by saying this. be the perfect tool for someone soar and dive like an indecisive I know absolutely nothing like me, I thought. I could invest 747? How long should I keep my about the stock market. amounts I was comfortable with, MTN shares for? LMy background is motoring play around and gain further If, like me, you’re in the same journalism, which means I’m far understanding into share investing. boat (i.e intrigued but confused by more comfortable rattling off Here’s how it all started. 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Must-win crunchers in desperate finish Unlocked fixtures Boks stretch lead ROUND 6 he Springboks have increased By Derek Alberts Friday, 13 November Ttheir lead at the top of the Unlocked Round 5 7 pm: vs official World Rugby rankings despite not playing for a year. At Saturday, 7 November ith the title favourites on November 21. Sharks – both on 13 – to score two issue is (2) losing to 4.30 pm: Lions vs on a bye, the The odds favour the Bulls twice bonus point victories, to possibly 24-22 in Brisbane over the 7 pm: vs chasing Stormers, over – not only are they restfully overtake the Bulls. It’s a long shot, weekend. Their loss to the Wallabies WSharks and Cheetahs are all chewing the cud while the but should the Sharks down the Bye: Bulls (6) saw them drop from 91.84 to desperately hunting points in the internecine battles rage around Griquas in Kimberley, and the 90.17 ratings points, leaving them penultimate round of the Super them, they also host the Pumas, Stormers see off the Cheetahs, and 4.03 ratings points behind the Boks. Rugby Unlocked tournament this one of the whipping boys of the both garner maximum points, the Unlocked Log weekend. competition with the Griquas, closing match at Kings Park may Top 10 World Rugby rankings: Teams P W D L PD T Any of the three teams in pursuit in their final match next Friday well decide the 2020 outcome. 1. South Africa (94.20 points) theoretically can lift the trophy but evening. Chances are that the Bulls Bulls 5 4 0 1 70 19 2. New Zealand (90.17) will have to negotiate a tricky derby will land a bonus point win and end Unlocked RESULTS Stormers 4 3 0 1 11 13 3. England (88.42) or two the next fortnight, and hope up on 24 points. ROUND 5 Sharks 4 3 0 1 5 13 4. France (84.59) the Bulls falter in the home straight. The Cheetahs, currently on 12, are 5. Ireland (84.10) Cheetahs 4 2 1 1 18 12 The Stormers face two of those in with a distant shout and best they Sharks 19 Cheetahs 13 6. Australia (83.86) inter-provincial crunchers, against can hope for is that the underdogs Griquas 6 Stormers 39 Lions 5 1 1 3 16 10 7. Scotland (82.08) the Cheetahs at home in trip up the Bulls and other resolves Lions 25 Bulls 20 Pumas 4 1 0 3 -44 5 8. Wales (80.22) this weekend before the competition go their way. Bye: Pumas Griquas 4 0 0 4 -76 2 9. Japan (79.29) finale against the Sharks in That leaves the Stormers and 10. Argentina (78.31)

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