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Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.\"</em><br /><strong style=\"line-height: inherit;\">Walt Whitman</strong></span></p>\n</div>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 20px; font-size: 1px;\"> </div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\"></div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: none !important; max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 167400px); text-align: left; line-height: 21px; min-width: 320px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 12px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px;\" align=\"center\"><a style=\" line-height: inherit;\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-n/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; width: 560px; max-width: 630px;\" src=\"https://i2.createsend1.com/ei/d/FC/321/BF0/csimport/849x493q70thamm-mangaungnew1.050117.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"325\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-top: 25px; margin-bottom: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #cd2921; font-size: 20px;\">STORY OF THE DAY</span></p>\n<p class=\"size-28\" style=\"font-size: 24px; line-height: 32px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; \" lang=\"x-size-28\"><a class=\"aHeading\" style=\" line-height: inherit; \" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-p/\">SAPS Clean-Up: Scopa hears of millions mooted as IPID flushes out the mess of the Mangaung Shadow State</a></p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #666666; font-size: 14px;\">By MARIANNE THAMM</span></span></p>\n</div>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"size-18\" style=\"font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 26px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" lang=\"x-size-18\">\n<p>How did a convict sentenced in 1996 to 10 years for robbery with aggravated circumstances find himself floating around the ANCs elective conference in Mangaung in 2012, flush with a cool R50-million aimed at stoking factional battles in the ANC? Continuing the tradition at Nasrec in December 2017, <g class=\"gr_ gr_278 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"278\" data-gr-id=\"278\">pressure</g> was also allegedly placed on the SAPS to launder and spend R45-million to buy votes. Details of this and other horrors of the Shadow State were revealed by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate at a Scopa report-back on Tuesday. 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The president put his support behind reform aimed at banning \"bump stocks\" - attachments that make semi-automatic assault rifles fully automatic. Although last week's school shooter did not use a bump stock, last year's Las Vegas shooter did. With Trump behind reform, the collective panic among the right-wing Republican crazies will become quite tangible.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 12px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 80px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"size-26\" style=\"font-size: 26px; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px; \" lang=\"x-size-26\"><a class=\"aHeading\" style=\" line-height: inherit; \" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-m/\">New Zealand cyclone strands tourists</a></p>\n<div class=\"size-18\" style=\"font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 26px !important; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" lang=\"x-size-18\">\n<p>Almost 1,000 tourists were left in the lurch in New Zealand's Golden Bay. Cyclone Gita crashed against the region on Tuesday, cutting power, destroying roads and felling trees. Several local areas affected by Gita had declared a state of emergency, with a possible ferry service to be established to evacuate aforementioned tourists.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 12px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 80px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"size-26\" style=\"font-size: 26px; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px; \" lang=\"x-size-26\"><a class=\"aHeading\" style=\" line-height: inherit; \" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-c/\">All hands on deck for Budget storm</a></p>\n<div class=\"size-18\" style=\"font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 26px !important; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" lang=\"x-size-18\">\n<p>While New Zealand deals with Gita, South Africans must brace themselves for a tough Budget speech today. Although there is renewed optimism in the wake of Jacob Zuma's Valentine's Day resignation gift a week ago, his Finance Minister has been left with a rather hot potato. Expectations of a turnaround plan for the country's collapsing economy are high, but so too is the chance that massive increases in various taxes will be on the table. Smokers and those that drink, as usual, are virtually guaranteed to end up paying more.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 12px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 80px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 12px;\">\n<p class=\"size-26\" style=\"font-size: 26px; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px; \" lang=\"x-size-26\"><a class=\"aHeading\" style=\" line-height: inherit; \" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-q/\">Next decades vital for sea levels</a></p>\n<div class=\"size-18\" style=\"font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 26px !important; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" lang=\"x-size-18\">\n<p>Even if the Paris Climate Goals are fully met, the drawing down of greenhouse gas levels will determine not if, but rather how badly sea levels will rise. The difference, according to a new study by Climate Impact Research, could be between half a metre or six times that in the coming decades and centuries. Never before has teaching your children how to swim been more important.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 12px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 80px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: none !important; max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 167400px); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 320px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\"></div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\"></div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: none !important; max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 167400px); text-align: left; line-height: 21px; min-width: 320px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 12px;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #cd2921;\">IN NUMBERS</span></p>\n<p class=\"size-34\" style=\"font-size: 30px; line-height: 38px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: center;\" lang=\"x-size-34\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; \">$130,000</span></span></p>\n<div class=\"size-18\" style=\"font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 26px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" lang=\"x-size-18\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The cost of the safety net erected during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was deemed exorbitant but ultimately saved 19 lives.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 12px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: none !important; max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 167400px); text-align: left; line-height: 21px; min-width: 320px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 12px;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #cd2921;\">FACTS OF THE DAY</span></p>\n<div class=\"size-18\" style=\"font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 26px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" lang=\"x-size-18\">\n<p>Today in 1916 the<strong><span> </span>Battle of Verdun<span> </span></strong>begins.</p>\n<p>The<strong> Can-Can </strong>was originally composed for an opera to play during a man's descent into hell.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 12px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\"></div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: none !important; max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 167400px); text-align: left; font-size: 20px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 320px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #cd2921;\">FEATURED ARTICLES</span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"SONA 2018: Ramaphosa charm offensive extends to land expropriation, unemployment and that reshuffle\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-z/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/849x493q70merten-SonaCRresponse.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"SONA 2018: Ramaphosa charm offensive extends to land expropriation, unemployment and that reshuffle\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-v/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">SONA 2018: Ramaphosa charm offensive extends to land expropriation, unemployment and that reshuffle</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666;\">BY MARIANNE MERTEN</span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"Budget 2018: High expectations of Ramaphosas administration may be taxing for ordinary South Africans\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-e/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/849x493q70greg-budget-preview.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"Budget 2018: High expectations of Ramaphosas administration may be taxing for ordinary South Africans\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-s/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">Budget 2018: High expectations of Ramaphosas administration may be taxing for ordinary South Africans</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666;\">BY GREG NICOLSON</span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"Reporters Notebook: Walking with the President\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-g/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/849x493q70becs-CRWalk.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"Reporters Notebook: Walking with the President\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-w/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">Reporters Notebook: Walking with the President</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666;\">BY REBECCA DAVIS</span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"Op-Ed: South Africa and Mauritius Why do countries reform?\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-yd/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/849x493q70mills-mauritiusReform.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"Op-Ed: South Africa and Mauritius Why do countries reform?\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-yh/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">Op-Ed: South Africa and Mauritius Why do countries reform?</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666;\">BY GREG MILLS</span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"Op-Ed: SAs foreign policy towards greater strategic partnerships post-Zuma\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-yk/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/849x493q70luanda-foreignpol.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"Op-Ed: SAs foreign policy towards greater strategic partnerships post-Zuma\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-yu/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">Op-Ed: SAs foreign policy towards greater strategic partnerships post-Zuma</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666;\">BY LUANDA MPUNGOSE</span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"SA Rugby: Decoding Divvy and the SARU fog donkeys\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-jl/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/849x493q70ant-fogDIV.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"SA Rugby: Decoding Divvy and the SARU fog donkeys\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-jr/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">SA Rugby: Decoding Divvy and the SARU fog donkeys</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666;\">BY ANTOINETTE MULLER</span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"Zimbabwe: Anti-corruption unit probes former first ladys deceitfully acquired PhD\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-jy/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/849x493q70sally-graceHD.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"260\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"Zimbabwe: Anti-corruption unit probes former first ladys deceitfully acquired PhD\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-jj/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">Zimbabwe: Anti-corruption unit probes former first ladys deceitfully acquired PhD</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; text-transform: uppercase; color: #666666;\">BY SALLY NYAKANYANGA</span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: none !important; max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 167400px); text-align: left; font-size: 20px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 320px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 6px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #cd2921;\"><g class=\"gr_ gr_267 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"267\" data-gr-id=\"267\">OPINIONISTAS</g></span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"left\"><a title=\"Beyond the Shadow State: The Ramaphosa-struck must guard against replication of false narratives\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-jt/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/190x170q70Andrew-Gasnolar.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"190\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"Beyond the Shadow State: The Ramaphosa-struck must guard against replication of false narratives\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-ji/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">Beyond the Shadow State: The Ramaphosa-struck must guard against replication of false narratives</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #666666;\">A column by<span> </span><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">ANDREW IHSAAN GASNOLAR</span></span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"left\"><a title=\"Love of Power Vs Power of Love: A Tale of Two Stories Inxeba and Black Panther\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-jd/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/190x170q70Siya-Khumalo.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"190\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"Love of Power Vs Power of Love: A Tale of Two Stories Inxeba and Black Panther\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-jh/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">Love of Power Vs Power of Love: A Tale of Two Stories Inxeba and Black Panther</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #666666;\">A column by<span> </span><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">SIYA KHUMALO</span></span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"left\"><a title=\"Striking a delicate balance as we enter our own Glasnost and Perestroika moment\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-jk/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/190x170q70Oscar-van-Heerden.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"190\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"Striking a delicate balance as we enter our own Glasnost and Perestroika moment\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-ju/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">Striking a delicate balance as we enter our own Glasnost and Perestroika moment</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #666666;\">A column by<span> </span><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">OSCAR VAN HEERDEN</span></span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"left\"><a title=\"Oxfams admission of sexual abuse is symptomatic of deeply entrenched social issues\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-tl/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/190x170q70Muhammad-Sheik.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"190\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"Oxfams admission of sexual abuse is symptomatic of deeply entrenched social issues\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-tr/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">Oxfams admission of sexual abuse is symptomatic of deeply entrenched social issues</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #666666;\">A column by<span> </span><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">MUHAMMAD SHEIK</span></span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\" align=\"left\"><a title=\"The masses are singing to the pulse of Ramaphosas State of the Nation Address\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-ty/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/190x170q70castro-ngobese.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"190\" /></a></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); text-align: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin: 12px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 20px !important;\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><a title=\"The masses are singing to the pulse of Ramaphosas State of the Nation Address\" href=\"http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojhujhy-l-tj/\"><span class=\"font-georgia\" style=\"line-height: inherit; \">The masses are singing to the pulse of Ramaphosas State of the Nation Address</span></a></p>\n<p class=\"size-12\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><span class=\"font-sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: #666666;\">A column by<span> </span><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">CASTRO NGOBESE</span></span></span></p>\n<div style=\"line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;\">\n<div class=\"divider\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-color: #cccccc;\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; 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font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; background-\"> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: calc(28000% - 173000px); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-width: 320px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\" style=\"line-height: inherit; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff;\" emb-background->\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; float: left; max-width: 320px; width: calc(12300px - 2000%); 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