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Pravin Gordhan warned populist opposition parties exploiting the fears of voters while ‘pontificating on their purity,’ that they (also) stand to be deeply embarrassed by the findings of several commissions probing graft and corruption.
Reacting to the President’s address, Yael Geffen, CEO of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty, said South Africa was the living embodiment of the “good news, bad news” paradigm.
What a difference a year makes. 2018 saw the State of the Nation postponed. Jacob Zuma resigned from his role, giving Cyril Ramaphosa only two days to deliver the speech.
The Hawks special investigative unit detained seven people on Wednesday in the first major arrests following revelations that Bosasa looted billions of rand from the state by bribing officials.
Politics is tying the hands of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as he weighs policy trade-offs needed to rejuvenate a moribund economy.
Dudu Myeni, the former chairperson of South African Airways (SAA) until 2017, is in focus in the state capture inquiry.
The EFF is positioning itself as king-maker in this year’s general election, promising to nationalise all land, banks and mines and double welfare payouts in its bid to lure voters and ensure the ruling ANC loses its majority.
Absa CEO Maria Ramos will retire from her role come the end of February. Her departure leaves a unique hole in the JSE Top 40 listed companies.
Appointed in late 2018, Shamila Batohi jetted back from her job this week as a senior legal adviser at The Hague to the International Criminal Court into an institution with “lots of shit”.
The name Gupta has become synonymous with state corruption in South Africa, as the family allegedly used its friendship with Jacob Zuma when he was president to win contracts and pick cabinet members.