Zapiro - Cyril's big budget gamble with Gigaba

[Daily Maverick] ZAPIRO Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Alternative Enterprise Supplier Development options… [see more](. [Zapiro Cartoons]( More from Daily Maverick [SAPS Clean-Up: Scopa hears of ‘millions’ mooted as IPID flushes out the mess of the Mangaung ‘Shadow State’]( By MARIANNE THAMM How did a convict sentenced in 1996 to 10 years for robbery with aggravated circumstances find himself floating around the ANC’s elective conference in Mangaung in 2012, flush with a cool R50-million aimed at stoking factional battles in the ANC? Continuing the tradition at Nasrec in December 2017, pressure was also allegedly placed on the SAPS to launder spend R45-million to buy votes. Details of this and other horrors of the Shadow State were revealed by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate at a Scopa report-back on Tuesday. The clean-up has begun. [SONA 2018: Ramaphosa charm offensive extends to land expropriation, unemployment and that ‘reshuffle’]( By MARIANNE MERTEN South Africa’s “original sin” of black land dispossession would be redressed with land expropriation without compensation as part of the “collective action” required to unite the country, but without damaging the economy, agricultural production or food security. This was President Cyril Ramaphosa at his negotiating best: a nod to everyone’s concerns, a call for solution-focused unity of purpose and, ever so subtly, an ultimatum. His response on Tuesday to the parliamentary debate on the State of the Nation Address was a wake-up call for the opposition to up their politicking. Alternative Enterprise Supplier Development options… [see more](. [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. PLEASE RESPECT Zapiro's Copyright For personal use only. You may save the cartoon and use it on the web (personal blog or social media), in a powerpoint presentation, school project or academic paper with the following text: © 2017 Zapiro (All Rights Reserved). Printed/Used with permission from www.zapiro.com [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](