In 1898 French polymath Gustave le Bon published yet another timeless book, The Psychology of Peoples, in which he attempted to penetrate the soul of races. Le Bon came to the following essentialist conclusion: “The life of a people, its institutions, beliefs, and arts are but the visible expression of its invisible soul.” Those among..
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Ramaphosa leads Gauteng nominations in the presidential race
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ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is leading the Gauteng presidential race following this weekend’s round of nominations by branches in the province. But, it’s early days, insiders say. According to them, nominations are yet to meet the halfway mark, which will give a more clear indication of Ramaphosa’s performance in the race. Outcomes of branch..
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Mbalula delivers crime stats, vows to crack down on ‘lazy’ police efforts
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Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Tuesday announced a general 1.8% decrease in crime but remained scathing of efforts to curb violence. The crime statistics released in Parliament show that robberies are the highest they have been in a decade at 6% and are the cause of most aggravated contact crimes. Although the “most policeable crime”,..
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BLSA tells Eskom: ‘You remain suspended’
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Business Leadership SA on Monday reiterated the suspension of Eskom from the organisation. BLSA said it is holding high-level discussions with Eskom’s acting CEO‚ Sean Maritz‚ regarding serious allegations of corruption and state capture that had led to the suspension of the power utility from the organisation. “The first of these meetings was held on..
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How the Guptas ‘stole’ jobs from South Africans
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The caveat for bringing foreign workers into SA is that they must school South Africans in their job. The Gupta family’s capture of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) may have kept scores of South Africans out of jobs. The family and its businesses turned the DHA into their own private permit-issuing factory, using top..
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McKINSEY DOSSIER – Part 2: Contract To Pay McKinsey And Trillian R1.6-Bn ‘Invalid’
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In Part 1, we detailed how global consultancy McKinsey lined up an R9.4-billion bonanza from Eskom with the help of Gupta-linked Trillian Capital Partners. We also showed how Eskom executives ignored warnings from their own legal team that the contract favoured McKinsey and did not comply with the law. In Part 2, we show how the flawed..
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McKINSEY DOSSIER – Part 5: How Transnet Cash Stuffed Gupta Letterboxes
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When global consulting firm McKinsey “came clean” last Tuesday about its work at Eskom, it admitted it was not careful enough about associating with Trillian, its de facto local partner. But it claimed not to have known that Gupta lieutenant Salim Essa owned most of Trillian.Now we show that at least R30m flowed from Regiments,..
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McKINSEY DOSSIER – Part 4: Eskom Bending Over Backwards For Trillian #GuptaLeaks
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Eskom paid Trillian R595m without a valid contract while lying to the public about doing so. This is well established by now. But how the Gupta-linked company was sneaked onto Eskom’s payment system – a system designed to prevent fraud – has always been a mystery. A series of interviews and leaked documents show that..
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McKINSEY DOSSIER – Part 3: Eskom Tells McKinsey And Trillian To #PayBackTheMoney #GuptaLeaks
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Pressure on global consulting giant McKinsey has reached breaking point after Eskom moved to reclaim R1.6-billion in consulting fees paid as part of the controversial turnaround project. On Thursday night Eskom released a statement saying that it “sought McKinsey and Trillian’s co-operation” to have the R1-billion paid to McKinsey and the R564-million paid to Gupta-linked..
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