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The JSE has publicly censured and levied a R3 million fine on Eskom for its late reporting on issues like loans to related parties, such as board members. 

The government of national unity, a sustained period of no load shedding, and the prospects of lower inflation and interest rates both in the US and SA are shaping up to give the economy a significant boost, with growth prospects in 2025 improving to over 2%, says the Bureau for Economic Research.

Reckless, negligent and misbehaving police officers could cost the state an eye-watering R65 billion. According to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, the police have legal claims against them worth more than R65 billion.

The DA has accused the FF Plus of "stabbing them in the back" after they were ousted from power in the Oudtshoorn municipality in the Western Cape. 

Despite finishing second - a position Americans often churlishly deride as the "first loser" - in the 200m breaststroke, there were no tears from Tatjana Smith, as was the case when she won gold in the shorter race on Monday night.

Those complaining about being overshadowed by their counterparts in the government of national unity "must stop making excuses", says Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya, who defended "enthusiastic" ministers accused of outshining their counterparts.

In this week's Friday Briefing, we consider whether Jacob Zuma was a monster of the ANC's own making and whether the party waited too long to act, leaving it with the unenviable task of dealing with the repercussions and damage the former president left in his wake.

The ANC will not beg Helen Zille and the DA to remain in the government of national unity as it holds 40% of the vote, insisting the GNU will not collapse. This was ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula's response to comments made by DA Federal Chairperson Helen Zille at a Friedrich Naumann Foundation event that there was no GNU and that a grand coalition was at play. 

Award-winning business journalist Wendy Knowler will join News24 in August.

Office space in Cape Town is being snapped up by business process outsourcing companies, which have collectively been creating roughly 1 000 jobs a month in the city over the last year.