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Communications strategist Dominic Ntsele is one of South Africa's ultimate insiders. Deeply connected within the political and business elite, he is the go-to man for the rich and powerful suffering a serious reputational crisis. His past clients range from President Jacob Zuma and soccer boss Irwin Khoza to murdered mining magnate Brett Kebble. We've engaged personally and professionally for a couple decades so it wasn't strange to see his name come up on my phone this morning. What was a surprise, though is his decision to come on the record to expose how the Gupta State Capture machine has thrived on what Ntsele calls "a conspiracy of silence." He says his decision to break cover was inspired by Deputy Finmin Mcebisi Jonas - whose courage in exposing the Guptas encouraged Ntsele to commit that when he next came across something similar, he would speak up. The opportunity has emerged with a Gupta-inspired campaign to eject ACSA boss Bongani Maseko who is set to face trumped-up charges in an internal "kangaroo court". Maseko, who attended the Embry-Riddle Aureonautical University in Florida and held senior positions at US airports before joining ACSA 15 years ago, has been with ACSA for a decade and a half. He was the local airport management company's COO from 2004 and CEO since May 2013. A member of ANC royalty and a respected manager, he refused to entertain those who tried to persuade him to "feed" them, including the Guptas who wanted him to turn OR Tambo International Airport into their private airfield. After Maseko refused this outrageous demand, the Guptas switched their attention to the Airforce Base at Waterkloof which was commandeered for wedding guests flown in from India. With the imminent release of the Public Protector's State Capture report which incriminates them, it beggars belief that even now the Guptas are up to their tricks. But such is the blindness of delusion. Reminds one of Nero's fiddling while Rome burned.

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After peaking at almost R450 early last year, the share price of Aspen Pharmacare has since been in steady retreat and is currently trading below R300. But while traders have been seeking shelter, independent investment analyst Mark Ingham is attracted by Mr Market's depression. He now regards Aspen shares as an excellent buying opportunity, rating his call as "high conviction". Ingham puts Aspen's fair value at R390 a share which means the current price offers today's buyers a significant margin of safety. In this in-depth interview Ingham unpacks the attraction of the R130bn market cap stock which has grown into a multinational operation with only around one fifth of its business in South Africa.

It's almost 30 years since the late Frederick Van Zyl Slabbert led a group of five dozen white South Africans to Dakar for a historic first meeting with Thabo Mbeki's 17-person ANC delegation. Slabbert, the one-time Leader of the Official Opposition who abandoned Parliament in disgust, was accompanied by leading anti-apartheid protagonists like Breyten Breytenbach, Andre Brink, Willie Esterhuyse, Max du Preez, Alistair Sparks and Jimi Matthews. Among the the group was Geoff Johnson, then an executive at the SA Perm, who had joined the ANC a year before after activist David Webster. After Webster was assassinated on May 1, 1989, Johnson decided to relocate to the UK where he has remained a committed supporter of all things South African. Among them is his creation of the biggest annual charity golf day in the Northern Hemisphere where he taps into the disapora "SA's 10th province" to raise funds for worth causes back home. In almost 20 years, the golf day has sent almost £2m to SA charities. Johnson was one of the earliest employees at St James's Place, the FTSE 100 wealth management business established in 1991 by fellow South African Sir Mark Weinberg. Here's Johnson's story. He tales us along road winding from disrupting rebel sports tours through to being an early stage employee at two massive businesses built by among SA's finest entrepreneurs. Fascinating.

One of the hidden paradoxes of Brexit is that it is likely to stimulate South African emigration to the UK. JP Breytenbach of SA/UK legal emigration specialists Breytenbachs, reckons young skilled South Africans - and retirees with independent means - are going to be prime targets in the run-up to the UK actually closing its doors to automatic emigration from the European Union. We met on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral to talk about the way potential South African emigrants have reacted to Brexit, the recent municipal elections and the student unrest. As ever, the SA-born, UK-schooled lawyer pulled no punches when offering insights on the real emigration story.

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