Gordhan on Gupta attempt to capture his deputy: “My silence says it all”.
For the first time since Pravin Gordhan stepped up to help rescue South Africa from a financial meltdown, Alec Hogg is a little worried.
Alec Hogg’s regular column covering investment, economics, moneycraft and, occasionally, something very personal.
For the first time since Pravin Gordhan stepped up to help rescue South Africa from a financial meltdown, Alec Hogg is a little worried.
The global community believes SA’s Rainbow Nation has disappeared as does the natural phenomena after which it is named. Reading Calvin Masombuka’s contribution, I’m not so sure.
Alec Hogg says some days his job is more interesting than others. And today promises to be one of them.
EFF chief whip Floyd Shivambu issued a powerful statement claiming the politically connected Guptas are the prime reason there’s friction between President Jacob Zuma and his recently reappointed Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
Later today, almost 17 years after it arrived in London with a bang, Old Mutual is set to announce a return to its roots.
Alec Hogg’s seen some strange things in three and a half decades of financial journalism. But the Gupta-initiated legal letter republished takes the cake.
In a country with 25% unemployment – over 50% among youth – it is unconscionable for a Government to prevent people entering the workforce.
During his Budget Speech last month Pravin Gordhan said it will start stripping R25bn a year in wastage from the public sector’s R500bn annual procurement.
Political analyst Somadoda Fikeni says the ANC must implement its land reform policies quickly or they will be overtaken by opposition parties.
Failing to grow the economy fast enough to give youngsters the hope they deserve, is unsustainable. Even for the political party that brought liberation.