Jacob Zuma

Tutu lashes out at Pretoria over Dalai Lama Nobel row

South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu Wednesday lashed out at the government for “kowtowing” to China by barring the Dalai Lama from attending a global summit of fellow prizewinners in Cape Town.

Trevor Manuel

Trevor Manuel goes banking – joins Rothschild Group

This morning’s news that one of South Africa’s most admired politicians has switched to the private sector is to be welcomed. It reflects a maturing of our young democracy. My first meeting with Trevor Manuel was in 1992 at what was then Shell House, where he worked in the ANC’s modestly furnished Economic Planning department … Read more

Zille slams ‘up to no good’ Zuma

The urgency and secrecy of the deal South Africa is looking to strike with Russia for the supply of up to eight nuclear power plants means “someone is up to no good”, DA leader Helen Zille said on Monday. That someone, she suggested in her weekly SA Today newsletter, is President Jacob Zuma. In a … Read more

Opposition parties walks out of Nkandla committee

Opposition parties on Friday walked out of Parliament’s committee on the Nkandla controversy after the ANC refused to agree to call President Jacob Zuma and to enforce the public protector’s findings against him. The walkout was led by opposition leader Mmusi Maimane after two and half hours of debate failed to break a deadlock on … Read more

Final straw? Zuma personally took control of nuclear deal – report

The haste with which South Africa’s Government has back pedaled on the proposed $50bn nuclear deal with Russia’s Rosatom has been matched only by the uproar created by the initial announcement. Whatever happens next, the nuclear lobby is now very much on the back foot with suggestions that before any decision is made there is a re-think … Read more

Updated: Zuma appoints SARS commisioner

Thomas Swabihi Moyane has been appointed commissioner of the SA Revenue Service, the presidency said on Tuesday. “President Jacob Zuma, has in terms of section 6 of the SA Revenue Services Act, 1997 appointed Mr Thomas (Tom) Swabihi Moyane as Commissioner of the SARS,” spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement. “Mr Moyane’s appointment is … Read more

SA appoints economist as new SARS head

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has appointed economist Thomas Moyane as the new head of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), effective from September 27th, the president’s office said in a statement on Tuesday. Moyane previously worked at the state information technology agency and takes over a job vacated last year by … Read more

Marcus a remarkable leader, says the BMF

Outgoing SA Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus is a remarkable leader, the Black Management Forum said on Monday. “Her leadership is demonstrated by how she has managed to build an amazing pipeline of talent and a truly professional team. She is indeed a remarkable and attuned leader,” the BMF said in a statement. “When the … Read more

Nigeria’s Joshua to visit South Africa after church tragedy

Nigerian preacher TB Joshua on Sunday said he would travel to South Africa in the coming weeks to meet families and survivors of a building collapse at his church that killed scores. A guesthouse at Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations collapsed on September 12 as more floors were being constructed on top of the … Read more

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