1. CALAMITY AT KPMG -- If losing one of its biggest clients of 18 years, Sasfin, wasn't painful enough, KPMG's name was dragged further through the mud after Business Leadership SA snatched away its membership on Friday. The embattled auditing firm has been fighting to hold on to its clients after it disavowed its own report into Sars' now-debunked 'rogue unit'. Unbelievably, Sars commissioner Tom Moyane chose to cling on to the 'rogue unit' narrative.
South Africans are angry about the KPMG fiasco. That includes former Treasury duo Pravin Gordhan and Mcebisi Jonas, who met with KPMG International's chairperson on Thursday. Sorry may have been the hardest word, it's probably not going to be enough to turn down the heat on the firm whose previous investigations -- from Shaik to Saambou -- may also come back to haunt it.
2. MUTINOUS MAKHOSI -- The "corrupt and alien" ANC of today cannot be salvaged, according to former ANC MP Makhosi Khoza, who walked away from the party that 'shaped her moral conscience' over the years. In an emotional and angry speech at the iconic Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, Khoza lambasted the party, saying between 80 and 90 percent of its leadership would probably be in jail if all cases of corruption resulted in prosecution.
The party did not take kindly to its fiercest critic's 'conduct', although it said her departure didn't come as a surprise. ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said the party hadn't received her resignation nor reasons for her departure. She disagreed, calling Kodwa a "pathological liar" who is "deeply uncomfortable with the truth". Khoza's next move -- outside the ANC to be sure -- is yet to be played.
3. TENACIOUS TUMI MORAKE -- Comedian and radio host Tumi Morake has received "unending support" following accusations against her of racism, but now she needs a break after the emotionally and physically taxing experience, her publicist said. She had been flooded with hate mail following her analogies on the effects of apartheid during her Jacaranda FM breakfast show, where she is a co-host.
Jacaranda FM has since come out in support of Morake, saying she "had not intended to insult any racial demographic and intended only to express her view of the apartheid period". Meanwhile, civil society action group amandla.mobi, in unison with chartered account Thoba Vokwana, launched a petition urging the station to "stand up for the ideals on which the new South Africa is built". Vokwana said it would "be a mistake if... organisations like [Solidarity] advance this discourse".
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