The ANC tries to lend VBS a helping hand and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan begs for a Denel life-line – here are some of the top City Press stories on Sunday.
ANC top 6 plan shady deal to rescue embattled VBS bank
The ANC’s top six officials have launched a last-ditch
political attempt to rescue VBS Mutual Bank from liquidation – a move that is
set to pit the party against the SA Reserve Bank.
Gordhan begs for Mashaba's 'indulgence'
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan begged for Johannesburg
Mayor Herman Mashaba's "indulgence" not to liquidate state-owned arms
company Denel because of its "critical importance" to the
"country's security".
The transaction that was the justification for the Public Investment
Corporation’s (PIC’s) controversial R4.3 billion investment into Ayo Technology
Solutions has seemingly run into a brick wall.
Public Protector wilts as SANDF, minister stick to guns
Defiant Defence and Military Veterans’ Minister Nosiviwe
Mapisa-Nqakula and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) have stuck to their
guns and refused to implement Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s remedial
action.
The National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) has been
dropped by its auditor over misrepresentations over an alleged report
implicating suspended chief executive Joyce Mogale.
The ANC in Gauteng is looking to regain lost ground at next
year's polls after a serious hammering in 2014, where the party's popularity
declined by 10%.
Maimane under siege, labelled 'rudderless' over DA BBBEE
position
DA leader Mmusi Maimane has come under fire for being a
“rudderless” leader because of his failure to come out strongly against people
misrepresenting the party’s position on broad-based black economic empowerment.
Sbahle Mpisane's father calls Doves Funerals tweet
'insensitive and opportunistic'
The family of critically injured TV personality and fitness
guru Sbahle Mpisane believe that it was “opportunistic” of Doves Funerals to
tweet about their daughter.
Last Saturday, the DA’s policy chief, Gwen Ngwenya,
confirmed to News24 that the party was in the process of officially ditching
BEE as a tool for redress.
Read Mondli Makhanya's full column
I fought for principle, not position
In the past week, I have repeatedly been asked the same four
questions about my decision to resign as the mayor of the City of Cape Town. I
would like to answer them and provide clarity.
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