Pick of the week's articles

[Daily Maverick] Sunday, 15 April 2018 STORY OF THE WEEK [Mama Winnie honoured, at last]( By GREG NICOLSON. Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has left Orlando for the last time. Committing to her spirit of strength and defiance, speakers at her funeral on Saturday vowed to honour her legacy by fighting the many falsehoods that saw her sidelined. [CWG2018: Indomitable Semenya cruises to the golden double]( Caster Semenya completed a historic 800m/1,500m golden double at the 2018 Commonwealth Games when she added another medal to her already blinging trophy cabinet on Friday. BY ANTOINETTE MULLER. [Analysis: The rebellious side of Patricia de Lille is back – and the DA should watch out]( Patricia de Lille’s relationship with the DA is on its last legs. The only question remaining is when the final severance will happen – not if. In sharing a stage with EFF leadership this week at a memorial for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, De Lille was undoubtedly thumbing her nose at the party doing everything in its power to force her out. And in that act of rebellion, what we appeared to be seeing was something closer to the original Patricia de Lille – before the DA set the Cape Town mayoral chain on her shoulders. By REBECCA DAVIS. [Analysis: The slow yet inexorable unravelling of Jacob Zuma’s shadow state]( News that Director-General of the State Security Agency, Arthur Fraser, has attempted to thwart an investigation by the Office of the Inspector General of Intelligence should come as surprise to no-one. Behind the scenes, a great unravelling is taking place. Zuma’s pawns in Crime Intelligence, SAPS, SARS, the NPA and the SSA are smarting from the disinfecting light of transparency and accountability. It’s not going to be pretty as powerful figures in the ruling party risk being criminally exposed. By MARIANNE THAMM. [FLIXATION: Kevin’s bacon and the case for nudity parity on television]( Everything’s Netflix and Showmax in most conversations about what’s available once you leave the DStv bouquets behind you in search of a more pocket-friendly television universe where you don’t limp (sorry) along on a diet of soggy repeats. But there’s more out there than those two. Over on Amazon Prime Video, which is available in South Africa for $2.99 a month (set to increase to $5.99), there’s a galaxy of great movies, including Oscar winners, and scores of top TV series, not least the inimitable Kevin Bacon in the admired, much talked-about and blushingly named I Love Dick. By TONY JACKMAN. [How credible are the racketeering, corruption, money laundering and fraud charges against Jacob Zuma?]( What is the state’s case against Zuma? Is there any case to answer at all? By PIERRE DE VOS [ANC’s Zola Skweyiya ‘spearheaded the implementation of our social protection system’]( Veteran ANC activist and former social development minister Zola Skweyiya, who died on Wednesday, will be remembered as the minister who created and implemented the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). By SUNÉ PAYNE. [amaBhungane Analysis: Iqbal Survé's mythical beast]( The full extent of the destruction at Independent Media since the Public Investment Corporation placed the company at the disposal of Iqbal Survé has been laid bare – ironically via Surve's outrageous attempt to use other peoples money to plug the R2,3-billion hole in his media balance sheet. By SAM SOLE for AMABHUNGANE. [Audi TT-RS: The real sports car deal]( The Audi TT has an undeserved reputation as a sports car for poseurs, rather than being the real deal. While the entry-level model may be relatively tame, the TT-RS demands respect – and rightly so. By DEON SCHOEMAN. [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND]( Copyright © 2018 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](