Spy Boss Fraser Carted Out To Manage Prisons

[Daily Maverick] Tuesday, 17 April [Fraser gets the boot]( State Security Agency Director-General Arthur Fraser has been shown the door, only to be welcomed by another. The government announced today that Fraser would move to a post in corrections. Evidently, the government is tone deaf to the irony amidst the Inspector-General of Intelligence's impending court challenge against Fraser. [ANC heavy convicted on assault charge]( ANC Eastern Cape Councillor Andile Lungisa has been found guilty of assault. Lungisa smashed a water jug over mayoral committee member Rano Kayser's head, causing several lacerations, one of which required stitches. Lungisa pled not guilty, arguing that he had acted in self-defence. The judge, who had the benefit of video evidence captured by a DA councillor, disagreed. [Jacques Pauw's book: the tl;dr version]( Have you had The President's Keepers on your bookshelf since Christmas and never got around to reading it? Tired of pretending to be informed on the shadow state under Jacob Zuma? Look no further. An in-depth analysis of the data patterns in Pauw's books has been compiled by KYLE FINDLAY. It makes for very interesting reading. [Mugabe retracts $15bn lost revenue statement]( Former Zimbabwean dictator and increasingly grumpy old man Robert Mugabe has retracted his 2016 statement relating to $15-billion in lost diamond revenue. Mugabe had made the original comment when relating to mineral resources lost to corruption. However, in an interview with media Mugabe said: "It was just a figure. I was given that by some officials, that figure had been circulating around, but really it was not confirmed." Mugabe is now expected to testify before a parliamentary committee over his remarks. Featured Articles [Gupta, Inc: The Lawyers, Part One]( By Jessica Bezuidenhout [Arthur Fraser is axed as spy boss and redeployed to another state post]( By Marianne Merten [A data cheat sheet on Jacques Pauw’s The President’s Keepers]( By Kyle Findlay Opinionistas [A family outing, South African style]( By Lance Claasen [Claims that a sugar tax works wither under scrutiny]( By Ivo Vegter [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](