1) Fire No 1 and pay back the money 2) Cut back on five hour lunch sessions, R1bn wagyu steaks for No 2 3) Dump the Gupta Raj and the British East India Company kickbacks. 4) Reduce size of cabinet to pre-Zuma levels 5) Break up SOEs into smaller units, sell SAA. 6) Dump Eskom […]

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