South Africa seems to change Finance Ministers like it does shirts, some of them soiled, others clean and in the latter years, a Zuptoid camo-shirt – hard to spot the dirty patches.
The Gupta family on Thursday accused Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas of lying and challenged the minister to prove his claims.
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.
SAFCEI says the events that have unfolded over the last few days are a pointer to how democracy will be threatened if the nuclear deal goes ahead.
As SA deals with having three finance ministers over the course of a week, Twitter used the opportunity to joke about David van Rooyen’s four-day tenure in the position.
European finance ministers gave Athens the deadline on Friday to present proposals that would convince its creditors to grant an extension of its bailout.
By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares skidded on Monday as investors awaited data this week that could provide more evidence of a slowdown in China, while the dollar gave back a little of its recent gains. China’s flash manufacturing PMI reading on Tuesday could come in below the 50 level, indicating that manufacturing … Read more
Love him or hate him, you certainly cannot ignore media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The Australian-born billionaire might be 83 but he has lost none of his straight-talking, his ability to call a spade a bloody shovel. This morning the owner of the Wall Street Journal, The Times of London, Sky News and a host of … Read more