Zapiro - Back-room dealings in the wake of SONA shift

[Daily Maverick] ZAPIRO Wednesday, 7 February 2018 [More Zapiro cartoons here]( More from Daily Maverick [Analysis: Jacob Zuma’s exit, a political hyper-drama]( By MARIANNE MERTEN President Jacob Zuma is under pressure. That it’s not quite going his way emerged strongly when Parliament, in an unprecedented move, postponed the State of the Nation Address with only a day to go. But it’s politics, and nothing is straightforward. And so Wednesday’s urgent special ANC National Executive Committee meeting set to discuss Zuma’s future was cancelled late on Tuesday evening. It’s a political Mexican stand-off. [#GuptaLeaks: How Bank of Baroda’s misadventures dragged it into South Africa’s political crisis]( By HINDUSTAN TIMES with AMABHUNGANE and SCORPIO A scandal involving the Bank of Baroda’s South Africa operations, a cabal of businessmen of Indian origin, and South African President Jacob Zuma, has undermined the reputation of India’s second largest bank and resulted in an unprecedented penalty by the South African Reserve Bank. [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](