Flash Briefing: WCape secession - fresh call; Eskom in private property scandal; MK vets protect Zuma from arrest; Tesla

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* The Cape Independency Advocacy Group has issued a statement urging public consultation in the Western Cape for secession of the province.
* Eskom in private property scandal: MyBroadband cites the examples of a farm that was purchased for R87,000 and sold 12 years later for R12m and a portion of a farm valued at R500,000 sold for R18m.
* Britains’ economy is worse than its weather, with GDP tanking and Covid-19 deaths the highest in Europe even though the country has been under strict lockdown for many months.
* UmKhonto we Sizwe military veterans are ready to do their level best to prevent former president Jacob Zuma being arrested in connection with corrupton. That’s according to the association’s spokesperson Carl Niehaus, who spoke to the Sunday Times.
* If Tesla vanished tomorrow, it would have an insignificant effect on the economy, as Tesla’s operations are tiny, says BizNews partner The Wall Street Journal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 Feb 2021 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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