What the Doctor ordered

Noseweek Issue #185, 1st March 2015   By Donwald Pressly


What the Doctor ordered

Transcript records the sound and fury of Iqbal Survé’s rage at Independent Newspapers staffers

“Dirty-tricks. I am not a lackey of the ANC!” he exclaimed. “The Times group’s political petticoat is showing and it is branded in DA colours,” he said. “Up yours!” he told his staff. “Get lost!” he told his Cape Times editor, Alide Dasnois, claiming she was “effectively a racist, burning with hatred”. It was “hogwash” that the decision to fire her was related to the publication by the Cape Times of a public protector’s report that was damning of his fishing company.

Yes, that’s Dr Iqbal Survé, Independent Newspapers’ boss of bosses speaking.

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Submitted by : Jenny Smith of Hyper By The Sea on 2015-02-28 15:36:24
There are thousands of newspaper readers out there who are cancelling their subscriptions to the blatant ANC biased Independent Newspaper Group. Iqbal's little paper empire is going to self implode...........
 
Submitted by : Connell Davids of Cape Town on 2015-02-27 15:11:31
"..........Brett Kebble had used Surve as a conduit for "donations" to the ANC ....."

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