South Africa’s political landscape is shifting almost by the hour. The gloves are off in a power struggle that pits President Jacob Zuma against a group of reformers, led by finance minister Pravin Gordhan. It is a high-stakes drama that has profound, long-term
Deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas said he could no longer remain quiet about the Gupta family offering him the top job in the ministry. Jonas on Wednesday confirmed he was offered the job of finance minister before Nhlanhla Nene was removed
Indications that national treasury is in discussion with JSE-listed Telkom and the department of telecommunications & postal services to formalise a “partnership” to manage the roll-out of South
The Broadcasting Amendment Bill will bypass parliament’s role in making SABC board appointments, MPs heard on Tuesday. Economic Freedom Fighters MP Mbuyiseni
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Standard Bank Research said the “rand sacrificed most of the gains it had made since the end of January”, which analysts on Monday said was due to a boiling point in politics involving President Jacob Zuma and finance minister Pravin Gordhan
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday there is a group of people that are not interested in South Africa’s economic stability and who seemingly want to disrupt institutions and destroy reputations. In a day of high drama, in which it
Over the past few weeks, I have worked with the national treasury to deliver a budget that reinforces South Africa’s fiscal credibility and outlines the measures we will take to improve economic growth and tackle our challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan threatened to resign ahead of his crucial budget address over an alleged clash with South African Revenue Service commissioner Tom Moyane and ultimately a “proxy war” with President Jacob Zuma, reports said on Friday
For the second year in a row, the national budget has provided few details on a project to connect municipalities to broadband technology. Finance minister Pravin Gordhan delivered the 2016 national budget speech in parliament
