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Frans Cronje steps down, Zuma and the rule of law, Eskom and Unconscious bias

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Nicholas Lorimer, Gabriel Crouse and Marius Roodt discuss the announcement that IRR CEO Frans Cronje will be stepping down as CEO at the end of 2021, the damage to the rule of law wrought by Zuma, if Eskom is being fixed and the news that people at Oxford will be forced to take a course on unconscious bias.
16 Feb 2021 8AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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