PP Judicial Review; Boris 1/33; UK/Iran red zone; Naspers SA tax R6.9bn

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has requested an urgent judicial review into a report by the country’s Public Protector which he termed “fundamentally and irretrievably flawed.”
Britain’s decision to seize an Iranian tanker off the coast of Gibraltar earlier this month is snowballing, dragging the country deeper into an escalating crisis between Iran and the West.
Voting by 160,000 Conservative Party members closes tonight with former Foreign Secretary and London Mayor Boris Johnson the sizzling hot favourite to succeed Theresa May, who stepped down on June 7.
Naspers disclosed in its 2019 annual report that in the financial year to end March it paid and collected R6.9bn in taxes for the South African Treasury - 41% of the total taxes it paid globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 Jul 2019 2PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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