THE THIRD UMPIRE

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Whatever the eventual outcome, the report of the Ngcobo Phala Phala panel has damaged the president and given his enemies — both within the governing party and without — a knopkierie to beat him with, and beat him they will.

ABB

The multinational engineering firm has agreed to pay over R2.5bn in punitive reparations to SA for “serious crimes” committed in its dealings with Eskom during the state capture era, after reaching a settlement with the National Prosecuting Authority.

AHMED ABDALLAH SAMBI

The former president of the Comoros archipelago has been jailed for life for “high treason” following his conviction on charges of stealing $1.8bn obtained from selling Comoros passports to stateless people living in Arab countries.