DM Weekly Wrap - Moyane's big gamble while AfriForum drops its mask

[Click here for the web version of this email]( [Daily Maverick] Sunday, 20 May 2018 Story of the Week [Exiled cleric Gulen explains why he thinks Erdogan has branded him a terrorist]( By Peter Fabricius The 79-year-old Muslim cleric accused of trying to topple the Turkish government in July 2016 talked to South African journalists at his compound in the US. Executive quality shared office space in the heart of Sandton. [Click here]( for more. [Eskom drops email bombshell in ‘whistle-blower’ Suzanne Daniels’ hearing]( State-owned power utility Eskom argues that a string of emails lifted from the Eskom server suggest that its suspended head of legal and compliance, Suzanne Daniels, secretly fed commercially sensitive information to an email address belonging to Gupta kingpin, Salim Essa – it also claims that she is responsible for the R1.6-billion McKinsey/Trillian payment debacle and a controversial R659-million upfront payment to the Gupta-owned Tegeta. By Jessica Bezuidenhout [The Fight is On: Ramaphosa’s response to Moyane’s ultimatum removes any doubt about president’s position]( President Cyril Ramaphosa doesn’t do well with ultimatums. Just ask Tom Moyane, who tested the waters and got burnt. The fight between the suspended National SARS Commissioner and the President is over two months old, and in the latest round of the fight, Ramaphosa has taken a hard line, telling Moyane precisely where to get off. By Qaanitah Hunter [AfriForum will never forgive black people for apartheid]( On Monday Kallie Kriel, AfriForum’s CEO, sparked a furious debate when he claimed that apartheid could not be considered a crime against humanity because not enough people were killed during apartheid to justify using this term. The statement reveals that Kriel is embarrassingly ignorant of international criminal law. But it also reflects a much larger problem: far too many white South Africans – like Kriel – continue to deny the full horror of apartheid, and refuse to admit that they or their parents actively or tacitly propped up the system and still reap the benefits bestowed on them by that system. By Pierre De Vos [Pravin Gordhan’s Hobson’s Choice at SAA]( Each new SAA CEO has been appointed with much fanfare and the expectation that this time it will be different. Yet it never is. The losses just get larger – and from past performance, this will be another R17-billion down the drain – and then it will demand more. So what should Pravin Gordhan do? By Guy Leitch Executive quality shared office space in the heart of Sandton. [Click here]( for more. [De Lille fallout: The DA slides down a rabbit hole]( We as the citizens of Cape Town seem to be quite secondary in this fight to remove Patricia de Lille from her position as mayor. It’s an almighty process mess. The DA is finding out that, surprise, surprise, governing is hard. By Judith February [Pravin Gordhan’s mission to undo rotten deals and save state-owned enterprises]( Project Recapture is on. Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday acknowledged that his department, and many of the State-owned Entities (SoEs) it oversees, had been at the centre of State Capture, but then used his budget vote speech to set out how those days of complicity are over. Entities are being “recaptured” for good governance, accountability to the South African public and financial sustainability for a contribution to job creation and economic growth. By Marianne Merten [The paranoid, persecutory delusions of Iqbal Survé himself]( Iqbal Survé’s dream of listing an overpriced crock of a media and technology company, called Sagarmatha Technologies, has failed. In the process, however, he revealed himself as a paranoid narcissist, the sole titan still holding back the forces of apartheid, and the archetypal persecuted emerging businessman. By Ivo Vegter Executive quality shared office space in the heart of Sandton. [Click here]( for more. A column by AUTHOR [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](