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Move now is to mobilise and vote against the ANC

Natasha Marrian: Opposition parties have never faced such a naked and exposed ANC at the polls

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  TOP STORY

  

  Calls grow for Zuma to resign or be recalled

  Influential anti-Zuma coalition declares Jacob Zuma is no longer morally fit to be president

  Politics

  • ‘Nothing sinister’ about absence of 14 ANC MPs during impeachment vote
  • Speaker hands chair to deputy after jeers

  Media

  • e.tv tells communications body idea of ‘prime-time’ news bulletin is antiquated
  • SABC fires more than 120 employees guilty of medical scheme fraud

  Labour

  • Amcu opts for further talks with Sibanye instead of planned strike
  • About 900 workers protest poor pay at Shoprite distribution centre

  Science & environment

  • Orphanage gives baby rhinos a second chance
  • Water withdrawals in SA likely to increase in next 20 years

  Law & constitution

  • Malema grills Mnguni during JSC interviews
  • Two-horse race for KwaZulu deputy judge president

  Education

  • New foundation to raise funds for students
  • Lectures at TUT’s Soshanguve campuses resume peacefully

  Health

  • Finance commission seeks clarity on NHI fiscal effects across government levels
  • Medical schemes’ funding for mental health is hugely inadequate

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Looming stagflation
  • Lack of nuclear transparency a cause for concern

  Columnists

  • Wartime rape not a neat, single narrative
  • SA’s small borrowers are subject to international credit rating standards
• Africa

  TOP STORY

  

  Rehabilitation camp set up for penitent Boko Haram militants

  The former Islamist militants will be given vocational training so they can help contribute to the Nigerian economy

  African News

  • ICC throws out Ruto case after ‘intolerable political meddling’
  • US transfers two Libyans to Senegal from Guantanamo prison
  • Nigeria targets elusive small traders in new tax drive
  • Early morning gunfire in opposition political strongholds in Congo
  • US transfers two Libyans to Senegal from Guantanamo prison

  African Business

  • Kabila twin has Vodacom stake, probe reveals
  • Telecoms firm Orange to invest in Nigeria’s Africa Internet Group
  • Mozambican tuna bonds exemplify the perils of markets at the edge
  • Uber to start operating in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda
  • Zimbabwean minister says banks have credible plans to sell stakes to locals
  • Guinea and Burkina Faso to auction unused mining permits

  African Perspectives

  • How the boom-bust of Ghana is linked to Côte d’Ivoire’s revival
  • Zuma’s Nigerian visit a balm for better relations
  • Ghana’s visa relaxation a vote of faith in Africa
  • Wartime rape not a neat, single narrative
  • Ivory Coast attack should not cause waves of fear

  African Leader
• World

  TOP STORY

  

  Fed debated April interest rate hike, minutes show

  Consensus at March policy meeting held that slowdown in global economy warranted a cautious approach

  Africa

  • Rehabilitation camp set up for penitent Boko Haram militants
  • Kabila twin has Vodacom stake, probe reveals

  Europe

  • German industrial output falls less than expected
  • Panama must be put on OECD’s ‘blacklist’, says France

  Asia-Pacific

  • Abe rules out intervening in currency markets
  • China limits access to Panama Papers

  Middle East

  • Syria talks expected to resume in Geneva next week
  • Suicide bombers kill 12 near Baghdad

  Americas

  • Fed debated April interest rate hike, minutes show
  • Pfizer terminates attempt at tax inversion through buying Allergan

  Opinion

  • UK Conservatives snared by budget trap set for Labour
  • A litany of errors behind Europe’s many crises

  Columnists

  • Wartime rape not a neat, single narrative
  • LETTER FROM WASHINGTON: ‘Barbarians’ help state keep populace in check
• Opinion

  TOP STORY

  

  Politics takes centre stage at tax-collection briefing

  April Fools' Day tax briefing almost entirely eclipsed by politics and tension between Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and SARS commissioner Tom Moyane, writes Hilary Joffe

  Editorials

  • EDITORIAL: Impeaching the impeached
  • EDITORIAL: Not many places in which to hide

  Columnists

  • HILARY JOFFE: Politics takes centre stage at tax-collection briefing
  • NTLOKO MNINAWA: Mokotjo’s withdrawal from Bafana over Mashaba the tip of iceberg of overall discontent

  Letters

  • LETTER: ANC sets bad example with Zuma
  • LETTER: Iconic South African wine brand needed

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• Markets

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  JSE likely to follow firmer Asian markets when it opens

  Markets take heart from minutes of last US Federal Reserve policy meeting which indicate US interest rates are unlikely to rise soon

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  • JSE likely to follow firmer Asian markets when it opens
  • Rand loses further ground on S&P; growth revision
  • Oil jump helps stocks with Fed minutes on tap

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• Economy

  TOP STORY

  

  SA could look abroad to finance widening budget deficit

  The country may choose to sell a benchmark-sized dollar bond due in 2026, a person with knowledge of the plan says

  More News

  • SA needs accelerated growth to tackle unemployment, says CDE
  • Gordhan says Treasury is committed to doing what was best for SA
  • Uptake of turnover tax regime remains minimal
  • Weak growth remains biggest risk to SA’s rating, Standard & Poor’s warns
  • PMI indicates private sector in a fix

  Economic Indicators

  Petrol price

  R12.62

  88c

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  Repo rate

  7%

  0.25pp

  same

  Prime rate

  10.5%

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  CPI (March)

  7%

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  PPI (March)

  8.1%

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  Last updated April

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Looming stagflation
  • Let’s not wait for the crisis to deepen before speaking out

  Columnists

  • SONGEZO ZIBI: Leaner SA needs policy reorientation and real sacrifices
  • HILARY JOFFE: A country downgrade would be utter misery for all

  New Agenda
• Business

  TOP STORY

  

  Plans for private investment in Transnet and state airlines take off

  President Jacob Zuma indicated in February that a policy change will promote private ‘participation’ in state-owned companies

  Trade & Industry

  • Ports regulator embarks on reform of tariff strategy
  • SA mulls emergency tariffs on iron, steel imports
  • Trade deficit narrows sharply in February

  Management

  • Eight tips for handling opposition at work
  • Don’t lose your downtime because you are working for a workaholic
  • Six steps for turning around an aggressive conversation

  Innovation

  • Sharing economy a new capitalist form, not utopia
  • Capso rings the changes with phone talent search
  • Freedom to tailor work life to suit all your life

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  • Transport & Tourism

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• Companies

  TOP STORY

  

  Alstom snaps up local rail equipment engineering firm

  Majority stake in CTLE ‘will bolster financial strength’

  More News

  • About 900 workers protest poor pay at Shoprite distribution centre
  • Strike makes MTN a target for consumer complaints
  • Transnet delivers 45 wagons to Swaziland
  • Sun International abandons proposed buyout of Peermont
  • S&P; rates African Bank euro medium-term notes junk

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• Life

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  Nine things you need to know about WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption

  All WhatsApp messages are now supported by end-to-end encryption — but what does this mean for you?

  Arts & Entertainment

  • Rappers find inspiration in a proud African past
  • Magnificence of the inner workings of the human body on display for all

  Travel & Food

  • SA’s Michelin man will never again mistake ‘fowl’ for ‘breast’ in French
  • Walter Sisulu square in Soweto lacks the pulling power of Vilakazi Street

  Wanted Magazine

  Gadgets & Gear

  • Nine things you need to know about WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption
  • Huawei makes push to get ahead of Apple, Samsung

  Books

  • BOOK REVIEW: A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America
  • BOOK REVIEW: Fool Me Once

  Health

  • Do apps aimed at making gadgets less disruptive to sleep work?
  • New ways of controlling cholesterol needed after drug tests fail

  Motoring

  • Sales of new cars stall in March
  • High hopes that ‘more affordable’ Model 3 will boost Tesla sales
• Sport

  TOP STORY

  

  Bob Hewitt expelled from International Tennis Hall of Fame

  Institute cites Grand Slam winner’s convictions for rape and sexual assault

  Rugby

  • Etzebeth injury takes wind out of Stormers
  • Hi-octane Lions set for Shark tank

  soccer

  • Mokotjo slams Mashaba for his ‘big mouth’
  • Motaung wants fans to support Komphela

  Cricket

  • Left-arm seamers as rare as tickeys, but Proteas need a few
  • Three global trophies will do little to revive cricket in the Caribbean
  • T20 final hailed as one of the greatest matches
  • Brilliant Brathwaite wallops England

  Other Sport

  • Bob Hewitt expelled from International Tennis Hall of Fame
  • Aspe