THE THIRD UMPIRE

PRAVIN GORDHAN

Insolvent or “merely” suffering a liquidity crisis, fact is Eskom is in deep trouble and threatens to take SA down with it. The public enterprises minister’s immediate priority must be finances, but SA also needs to know those responsible will be held to account.

MARS ROVER

The rover Opportunity had a 90-day and 1km mission when it landed on Mars almost 15 years ago, but until recently had tracked more than 45km on the red planet’s surface, analysing rock and soil samples. It has not been heard from for seven months. RIP.

PAUL MANAFORT

Donald Trump’s former campaign chair faces a long jail term after a federal judge ruled he had breached his plea deal by lying several times after agreeing to co-operate with the special counsel’s probe into Russian election meddling. Best not to sup with the devil.