South Africa’s main opposition party called on Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to clarify whether his deputy was offered the ministerial post in a meeting attended by the Gupta family and the son of President Jacob Zuma.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan hit back at the Hawks saying the organisation “has no regard for the economic and social welfare of millions”.
The Daily Maverick’s Marianne Tham expands the previously unexplored side of President Jacob Zuma’s R500bn Nenegate blunder.
South African national hero, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, reckons one seven year term is about as much as any reasonable person should be asked to handle.
As South Africa grapples with arguably its deepest economic crisis of the democratic era, two names have become a magnet for anger over the direction the country is taking: Zuma and Gupta.
Michael Bloomberg, the wild card many suggested could prevent US Presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering the White House, has removed that prospect.
Peter Attard Montalto says the ANC is hosting a struggle between those who would benefit from patronage (“tenderpreneurs”) and others who want to eliminate such abuse.
Nkandla’s incumbent is obviously unaware of his own family’s land-grabbing past which might now subject him to his own land claim fight.
Pravin Gordhan is caught in a bind: his boss, President Zuma, and SARS commissioner are undermining his authority, yet he risks sending the economy into free fall if he resigns.
Should the 1913 cut off-date for land claims be changed to the 1800s?