Friday Morning Spice

Plans to ‘extract’ Stilfontein illegal miners ongoing, Prince Andrew’s links to Chinese ‘spy’, The 25 richest families in the world, and Bathabile Dlamini ordered to repay Sassa millions.
SA Taxpayers Paying Huge Sums Of Money To Fund Former SA Presidents And Deputies

SA presidents continue to receive a salary and a host of benefits after they leave office, at the taxpayers’ expense.
A Quick Look At The Academic Qualifications Of South Africa’s Post-1994 Presidents

Everybody knows that Jacob Zuma wasn’t exactly swimming in academic excellence, but how do our other post-1994 presidents compare?
Thabo Mbeki Disagrees With Woolworths And Urges Israeli Product Boycott

Former president Thabo Mbeki has said that South Africans need to boycott Israeli-sourced products to help with the Palestinian people’s dire situation.
Mbeki Questions Twitter’s Social Usefulness, Twitter Flips Out A Little
Following his opening address for the International Knowledge Conference at the University of Stellenbosch Business School, former president, Thabo Mbeki voiced some concerns about Twitter as “a great conveyor of reliable knowledge,” pointing to Gaddafi’s overthrow as a consequence of “false knowledge,” rather than the social media. Mbeki immediately started trending on Twitter.