Two deals are on the cards — affecting MultiChoice and Anglo American —  at possibly the worst time on the political calendar. Our politicians are fighting for their lives, and paying attention to the stuff that matters is not on their priority lists. Gyrating and kissing babies comes first in the hope that it brings votes.

After years of suffering in a difficult economy, Anglo American has become a sitting duck that could be broken up and its globally less sexy assets tossed aside collectively as a South African “has been”...

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