DM Weekly Wrap - Land Expropriation gets exported to the White House

[Click here for the web version of this email]( [Daily Maverick]( Sunday, 26 August 2018 Story of the Week [The Big Oomie checks in – Trump tweet expropriates the expropriation debate]( By Richard Poplak Finally, a world leader who GETS us, or... what it is about early mornings that so inflames the passions of authoritarian fascists? Join Africa's [largest gathering of Mavericks]( on the 4th September at Sandton Convention Centre. A day to challenge conventional thinking and learn from respected thought leaders and entrepreneurs. For free entry, register at www.leaderex.com using 'DailyMaverick' as the invite code. [SARS was broken while fixing a problem that never existed. It cost R204-million]( R204-million. That is the amount taxpayers paid consultancy firm Bain and Co. Its work, in turn, contributed to the breaking down of SARS. By Pauli Van Wyk [Secrets, lies, cover-ups everywhere – here are some of the facts surrounding the entire sordid saga]( Mark Minnie, co-author of The Lost Boys of Bird Island, a just-published book exposing an alleged paedophile ring that included apartheid Minister of Defence, Magnus Malan, and at least two other National Party cabinet ministers who routinely abused young boys on an island off the coast of Port Elizabeth in the 1980s, was either coerced to take his own life or did so out of despair. By Marianne Thamm [Queue-jumping, stealing and grabbing in KZN]( The actions of the JZ vets in KZN are not mere queue-jumping, which is plain uncouth, but of political aggression which holds democracy to ransom. If there is a glimmer of hope, it is that the ANC has finally, after eight months, roused itself to chide the mutineers. By Yves Vanderhaeghen [Kabila’s government rejects Thabo Mbeki as special envoy to DRC]( DRC government spokesman says special envoys to his country act like “proconsuls”. By Peter Fabricius Join Africa's [largest gathering of Mavericks]( on the 4th September at Sandton Convention Centre. A day to challenge conventional thinking and learn from respected thought leaders and entrepreneurs. For free entry, register at www.leaderex.com using 'DailyMaverick' as the invite code. [Zondo Commission will be long and thorough – will it outlast President Ramaphosa?]( 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 which commissioned its work. By Ferial Haffajee [What the Guptas wanted from Mcebisi Jonas]( The strings attached to the R600-million bribe offer to former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas involved the decimation of the top structure at National Treasury. By Jessica Bezuidenhout [DA to lay charges against Prasa board as another train is burnt in Cape Town]( The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has not yet delivered its 2016/2017 annual report to Parliament – which has been outstanding for almost a year. However, on Tuesday, DA shadow minister for transport Manny de Freitas announced he would be taking legal action after documents leaked to him related to the outstanding report show financial mismanagement at the entity. By Suné Payne Join Africa's [largest gathering of Mavericks]( on the 4th September at Sandton Convention Centre. A day to challenge conventional thinking and learn from respected thought leaders and entrepreneurs. For free entry, register at www.leaderex.com using 'DailyMaverick' as the invite code. [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. [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](