eNews has been a success story on the South African TV front and has shown the way in providing news to its audience. Now it's spreading its wings and
going international. It will launch on the SKY digital satellite platform in the United Kingdom. Group head of news, Patrick Conroy, says "This will give us access to over 10 million homes in the UK. What is really significant though is that we will have access to the South African expat community. If they want news from home it's just a click away."
Moeletsi Mbeki, brother to former president Thabo Mbeki, is one of the most respected political economists and commentators in SA, and he says that
inequality and unemployment are holding SA back. He says: "One of the fundamental problems of SA is that you have a separation between the people who hold political power and the people who hold economic power," adding, "If there was a more unified ruling class in SA you would have more certainty."
Cadre deployment by the government has sometimes been a contentious issue. Now Karen Heese and Kevin Allan examine the
high delivery cost of deploying cadres.
Our own Sindy Peters took time out to do something great for the environment and she ended up getting dirt under her fingernails planting
trees in Zambia, where, she says "me became we". Sindy also achieved a career goal - turning over a new leaf, at last she was (pardon the puns) a branch manager (if only for three weeks).
Finally, on the motoring front, our motoring editor, Henrie Geyser says the new
Mercedes B-Class is first class - just like the man himself (our words, not his).
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SA's inability to tackle inequality and unemployment, rather than uncertainty over economic policy, is seen by some as the underlying obstacle to the kind of investment needed to drive growth and job creation. 
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says government will increase the resources required to address the plight of farm workers who are without homes or fixed addresses, and those who are unable to access government services. 
SABC board member Cawe Mahlati should be removed, the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) says. 
PALO ALTO, US: South Africa's untapped brains trust and knowledge network of expatriate assets around the world will soon be activated to help the country be more competitive in realising a better return on innovation and entrepreneurship across both the private and public sectors. 
NEWSWATCH: It had to happen... Telkom has been fined R449m for abusing its dominance in the telecoms market, reports Mail & Guardian, which also reports that Communications Minister Dina Pule has been accused on nepotism. The M&G report says it's alleged that "Pule, alongside her alleged "romantic" interest, businessperson Phosane Mngqibisa, has connived to fill key positions in the department, the Post Office and the SABC through nepotism and the promotion of close colleagues". 
