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[Daily Maverick] Sunday, 24 September 2017 Come listen to Steven Nathan, CEO, 10X Investments and Neville Chester, Portfolio Manager, Coronation discuss the difference between passive and active investments. If you are serious about money markets and investments with a closer look at investment fees, join us for the first of two discussions chaired by Africa Melane on 27 September at The Centre for the Book, Cape Town from 5pm. [RSVP](mailto:events@dailymaverick.co.za?subject=10X%20Daily%20Maverick%20event%20RSVP)[here](mailto:events@dailymaverick.co.za?subject=10X%20Daily%20Maverick%20event%20RSVP). STORY OF THE WEEK [Analysis: Moyane is desperate about the KPMG 'Rogue Unit' report, and he has good reason to be]( By PAULI VAN WYK On Monday, tax boss Tom Moyane tried to wring the neck of the bird he once forced to sing. His carefully built house of cards had caved in on Friday when KPMG dramatically withdrew their report produced in the #SARSWars saga. Moyane retaliated, threatening KPMG with legal action, and absurdly claimed that the KPMG report stands in law because the tax man paid for the report, no matter what the authors say, or what the truth is. Desperate much? [TRAINSPOTTER: The End of Law, The End of Democracy]( President Jacob Zuma, hounded by 783 corruption charges and saved by the immunity conferred on him by his office, will do anything to stay out of jail. South Africa’s fate depends on how this existential nightmare is resolved. This country is always five minutes to midnight. Another minute is about to tick by. RICHARD POPLAK watches the clock. [Scorpio: Gordhan, Jonas in hush-hush tête-à -tête with KPMG’s international chief]( Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his former deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, were locked in a meeting with KPMG International chair John Veihmeyer in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon. After emerging from the meeting in the evening, Gordhan and Jonas released a joint statement. By PAULI VAN WYK for SCORPIO. [KPMG SA: CEO Nhlamulo Dlomu – pulling a jumbo out of a nosedive]( On Friday 15 September KPMG International made a dramatic admission that KPMG SA had fallen way short of governance standards, qualities and ethics in relation to work the global auditing giant had done for the Gupta family as well as in compiling a report for SARS into the “rogue unit”. This triggered an exodus of several senior leaders while new CEO, Nhlamulo Dlomu, stepped into the flaming cockpit of the jumbo. Can she crash-land safely? By MARIANNE THAMM. [Declassified: Apartheid Profits – Who killed Dulcie September?]( This is number eight in the Open Secrets’ series, Declassified: Apartheid Profits. While researching the recently published book Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit, Open Secrets collected approximately 40,000 archival documents from 25 archives in seven countries. This treasure trove contains damning details of the individuals and corporations that propped up apartheid and profited in return. OPEN SECRETS believes that it is vital to allow the public to scrutinise the primary evidence. Last week we revealed Armscor’s secret sanctions-busting office in Paris, and the long-running close relationship between the French and Apartheid military intelligence agencies. This week, we ask whether the investigations of these links by a brave activist provide the motive for her murder. Who killed Dulcie September, and why? [Analysis: South Africans must defend PIC till the bitter end – failure could cost us the country]( Various reports have emerged that the CEO of the Public Investment Corporation, the manager of the Government Employees Pension Fund, has been targeted for removal from his post. That has been denied but, like Pavlov’s Dog, we are conditioned to the same tedious rigmarole of removal/suspension of those in the way of President Jacob Zuma’s looting. It starts, as always, with the emergence of some “report” of malfeasance and the mechanics then play out with the same result at the end. The hurdle is removed and Zuma puts the Gupta-selected crony in his/her place. By DIRK DE VOS. [Analysis: What the Springboks can learn from the All Blacks about inclusion]( Another week, another crisis. South African rugby seems to be swinging from one nadir to the next. And while New Zealand’s playing style is often seen as the benchmark for excellence, it is their approach to fostering inclusive structures that could really teach the suits a lesson or two. By ANTOINETTE MULLER. — Come listen to Steven Nathan, CEO, 10X Investments and Neville Chester, Portfolio Manager, Coronation discuss the difference between passive and active investments. If you are serious about money markets and investments with a closer look at investment fees, join us for the first of two discussions chaired by Africa Melane on 27 September at The Centre for the Book, Cape Town from 5pm. [RSVP](mailto:events@dailymaverick.co.za?subject=10X%20Daily%20Maverick%20event%20RSVP)[here](mailto:events@dailymaverick.co.za?subject=10X%20Daily%20Maverick%20event%20RSVP). [Euthanasia back in the courts as doctor fights for the right to die]( The right of terminally ill individuals to end their life when, and how, they choose has been a battle fought before South Africa’s courts in recent years. An application launched at the South Gauteng High Court has now brought the issue into the spotlight once more. At the heart of the matter: a Johannesburg doctor and patient duo arguing for the right to undergo physician-assisted euthanasia lawfully. By REBECCA DAVIS. [The SADC Wrap: DRC soldiers kill refugees, Tanzania’s gay arrests, and Zim stock exchange’s odd highs]( From across southern Africa, KRISTEN VAN SCHIE brings you a weekly round-up of news making regional waves. [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND]( Copyright © 2017 Daily Maverick, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you are awesome and on the Daily Maverick First Thing subscriber list. [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](