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Justice Malala, author of 'We Have Now Begun Our Descent', comes to the party with another scorching hot edition of The Burning Platform, fired up by Nando's. He kicks things off by looking at how South Africa can begin to save itself. Malala discusses whether anything will change within the ANC camp after Kgalema Motlanthe's remarks and Gwede Mantashe's new post in the Business Day. A spotlight is also cast on Justice Minister Michael Masutha, Danny Jordaan and the big R2.3 billion that was brought up in Parliament recently. Lastly, the Khulekani Mpanza story raises the question - "Are the police above the law?" The Burning Platform
5 Nov 2015 English South Africa Politics · News

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