DM Weekly Wrap - EFF, Johannesburg, Malema's cousin

[Click here for the web version of this email]( [Daily Maverick]( Sunday, 2 December 2018 Story of the Week [Firm that won R1bn Joburg fleet contract paid Malema-EFF ‘slush fund’]( By amaBhungane It has long been rumoured that the EFF was given patronage over lucrative City of Johannesburg tenders as a quid pro quo for working with Herman Mashaba’s DA-led administration. Now, an amaBhungane investigation shows that before controversially winning a mega-deal from the city, a fleet firm made payments to a company whose account was used for the benefit of Julius Malema and his party. Is this evidence of kickbacks to the EFF – or rather, as the fleet firm maintains, unrelated payment for services rendered? Micah Reddy and Stefaans Brümmer for AMABHUNGANE. Take your leadership skills to the next level with one-on-one mindfulness-based leadership coaching. [Click here]( for more info. [SnowBank – BLEFF, Pravin Gordhan and the imaginary R675m Canadian account]( So how does a five-time ANC minister serving a notoriously corrupt developing-world kleptocracy offshore 675-million Madibas to distant Canada? He doesn’t. By Richard Poplak [Weak but Vicious – EFF Edition]( It takes extraordinary cowardice to verbally attack female journalists just for doing their job in a society that is plagued with violence against women. That cowardice, however, is taken to a Trumpian level when the suppression of free media, racism and violence against women are wrapped in one continuous vicious attack that has just enough legal caveat – should something horrible happen to the targets of their attack – to claim innocence and throw one's own supporters under the legal bus instead. By Branko Brkic [Late-afternoon jabs unravel Mzwanele Manyi’s self-serving show]( Alone in the ring, Mzwanele Manyi seemed like a star. The former media mogul and government spin doctor had the stage all to himself for three hours on Monday as he set the scene with a carefully scripted response to a set of anticipated questions that the State Capture inquiry’s legal team had for him. But then the Commission’s senior advocate Vincent Maleka poked holes in his claims and things did not look so good for Manyi any more. By Jessica Bezuidenhout [Are South African police salaries fair?]( It’s not the police service that keeps officers relatively cash-strapped, but the structure of SA’s society and economy. By Andrew Faull for ISS TODAY. Help manage stress, pursue goals and personal growth for teams. [Click here]( to find out about mindfulness training for organisations. [Category 5 tropical cyclones may be headed for SA shores, Wits climate change researcher warns]( As the South Indian Ocean heats up due to global climate change, South Africa and Mozambique are increasingly likely to face the full fury of Category 5 tropical cyclones as changing sea surface temperatures create conditions that would allow these cyclones to bypass Madagascar and pummel the African mainland. [SIU’s investigation into Hlaudi’s empire reveals civil litigation over hundreds of millions]( An investigation by the SIU into the almost bankrupt public broadcaster has produced enough evidence to initiate civil litigation in five High Court matters and totalling R166-million, and also three confidential matters totalling R200-million. The SIU is also seeking to declare former SABC Board members ‘delinquent directors’ and to place them under an order of probation ‘for failing to act in the best interests of the SABC’. By Marianne Thamm [Herzlia: Defensiveness and paranoia replace introspection and change]( There is a real opportunity cost to denial and the digging in of heels – and that is the chance to reflect, engage, and chart a better course. By Saul Musker and Samuel Musker Take your leadership skills to the next level with one-on-one mindfulness-based leadership coaching. [Click here]( for more info. [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](