Serious questions arise over Zondo Commission's way forward

[Click here for the web version of this email]( [Daily Maverick] Tuesday, 21 August 2018 “We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then." David Eddings Story of the Day [Zondo Commission will be long and thorough – will it outlast President Ramaphosa?]( By Ferial Haffajee By taking so long to get started and by interpreting its role in too legalistic a way, the Zondo Commission could fail President Cyril Ramaphosa and find itself outliving the president who commissioned its work. Growth Finance, Specialised Asset Finance & Bridging Finance. [Click for more…]( While You Were Sleeping [Migrants flood into Brazil as Venezuelan economy collapses]( Venezuelans continued to move into Brazil as their country's economy entered a serious freefall. The currency, now virtually worthless, has driven many over into neighbouring Brazil, where anti-migrant sentiment is reaching a near-Trump level of hostility. President Nicolas Maduro, it seems, is now firmly hell-bent on emulating Robert Mugabe's economic leadership as much as possible. [Google under fire for phone tracking]( A man in California is suing Google over the unwanted tracking of his phone. Disabling Google's "location history" setting yielded no result, leading to the allegation, now in court, that Google had made false representation over just what tracks who, where. [Eagles surpass Michael Jackson for all time sales]( Thirty-eight million sales of the Eagles' greatest hits was what was needed to topple Michael Jackson's Thriller from the biggest selling album ever spot. The Recording Industry Association of America. made the announcement after taking into account digital sales of the Eagles' box set, something which had not been done before. [No more tuna-tourism in Tsukiji]( Japan's iconic Tsukiji fish market is starting a ban on tourists attending the pre-dawn tuna auctions. Beginning in September, the forbidden auction will proceed as normal until a new, larger facility is completed for the entire market to move to. Concerns over earthquake safety, sanitation, and general stability of Tsukiji prompted the planned move. Tourists, however, will soon be able to return to view the auction, from a deck, behind glass. All nice and safe and sterile. — Growth Finance, Specialised Asset Finance & Bridging Finance. [Click for more…]( Picture of the Day By EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK A scooter rides past a huge graffiti artwork depicting elephants in down town Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 August 2018. The artwork, created by Falko, is part of the newly formed graffiti tours that take people through the streets of Johannesburg. In Numbers 20% The estimated percentage of mammals that can fly. This is mostly attributed to over 1,200 types of bats. Facts of the Day Today in 1918 the Second Battle of the Somme begins. There were more former Nazis in the German government in the 1950s than there ever were Nazis in office during the Third Reich Featured Articles [Zondo Commission may suffer as a result of SA failing its whistle-blowers]( [Zondo Commission may suffer as a result of SA failing its whistle-blowers]( BY Rebecca Davis [We should be considering constitutional amendments to ensure an independent NPA]( [We should be considering constitutional amendments to ensure an independent NPA]( BY Glynnis Breytenbach [State Capture Inquiry kicks off with Gupta Inc’s consolidated high crimes and misdemeanours]( [State Capture Inquiry kicks off with Gupta Inc’s consolidated high crimes and misdemeanours]( BY Jessica Bezuidenhout [Kabila’s government rejects Thabo Mbeki as special envoy to DRC]( BY Peter Fabricius [Mashaba’s RDP and social housing audit plan draws criticism]( BY Greg Nicolson [A trickle of legislation as parliamentary wheels grind slow]( BY Moira Levy [The Canary and the Coal Mine – The State of Public Health (Part 1)]( BY Glenda Gray, Debbie Bradshaw and Leonard Gentle [Kofi Annan: A geopolitical obituary]( BY Tim Murithi [Macbeth: Not an easy watch, but a rewarding one]( BY Lesley Stones [This Week: An eclectic week of action beckons]( BY Parliamentary Monitoring Group Opinionistas [Zondo turns the first day of State Capture inquiry into a massive yawn fest]( BY Ferial Haffajee [It’s time to turn down the temperature on the land debate]( BY Judith February [Red tape is throttling the tourism industry]( BY Ivo Vegter [The SABC is largely the same creature inherited from the apartheid years]( BY Dirk De Vos Growth Finance, Specialised Asset Finance & Bridging Finance. 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