Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s camp is working on a detailed counter-campaign to clear perceptions that he is in the pockets of the Guptas. Gigaba’s consistent denial of involvement with the Guptas is proving difficult to sustain as evidence suggesting that he has deep ties with the family keeps piling up. City Press understands that supporters of the embattled Gigaba are working on compiling favourable evidence dating back to the time […]
The Economic Freedom Fighters say that the recent Gupta email scandal was proof that those who run government today have betrayed the country, and that this betrayal was worse than treason. The party and its leader, Julius Malema, were addressing the leak of thousands of emails detailing the Gupta family’s web of influence over government officials, leveraging that influence to score contracts and business deals with various state companies. The […]
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on Thursday denied that the recent Cabinet reshuffle which saw him catapulted to head up National Treasury had weakened the rand against other currencies. This comes after the rand went in freefall on 30 March, plummeting four percent to R13.29 to the US dollar, following the news that President Jacob Zuma had fired Pravin Gordhan as well as his deputy Mcebisi Jonas. Speaking on the topic […]
President Jacob Zuma’s decision to fire Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas is an "act of complete state capture", DA leader Mmusi Maimane has said. Zuma reshuffled his Cabinet in the early hours of Friday morning, sacking Gordhan, Jonas and Derek Hanekom. He also moved sports minister Fikile Mbalula to police and added a few new entries to the Cabinet. "The President has once again shown that […]
President Jacob Zuma has fired Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in his biggest Cabinet reshuffle yet since assuming office in 2009. In a brutal display of power, the president fired five ministers, including former tourism minister Derek Hanekom, who asked for Zuma to be recalled last year. He also appointed six new deputy ministers. Zuma now faces a revolt in his own party, with senior ANC leaders opposing his dramatic cuts […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
