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Moyane to cross-examine Gordhan at State Capture Commission

Former South African Revenue Service (SARS) boss Tom Moyane is on Friday morning expected to cross-examine Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan at the Commission Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg. The commission’s chairperson Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo ruled this week that Moyane may cross-examine Gordhan, subject to certain conditions. His questions will relate to Gordhan’s allegation that the laying of criminal charges against him was motivated by Moyane’s malicious […]

30 October 2020

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SA unions vow to work with government to save SAA, SA Express

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and the South African Cabin Crew Association said they had had constructive discussions with the government on ensuring the continued existence of troubled national carrier South African Airways (SAA) and fellow state-owned airline SA Express. The unions have been critical of the practitioners appointed after the government placed financially-strapped SAA under business rescue last year, accusing them of a lack of commitment […]

29 April 2020

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Workers want to meet Gordhan, Eskom board

Disgruntled Eskom workers want Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to intervene in their protracted wage dispute with the power utility. Unions and Eskom were hunched around the negotiating table late into the night, failing to reach an agreement. The parastatal has offered a 7 percent increase and it's looking for a three-year deal out of these talks. Unions are reportedly prepared to drop their demand to 8 percent, on condition […]

11 July 2018

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Unions demand ‘high powered delegation’ at Eskom wage talks

The unions say they were disappointed that Eskom came to these wage talks without the presence of some board members or the presence of the Group CEO Phakamani Hadebe. As Eskom wage talks resume for a second day on Wednesday, trade unions have called on the power utility to bring staff with the capacity to take decisions to the negotiating table, in line with the commitment which was made to […]

20 June 2018

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Justice Minister backs beleaguered NPA head Shaun Abrahams

Justice Minister Michael Masutha said he has “full confidence” in chief prosecutor Shaun Abrahams and he had supported the 2016 decision to bring charges against then-finance minister Pravin Gordhan - a move that knocked the rand but was reversed two weeks later. Abrahams had been accused by opposition parties and rights groups of delaying decisions on or refusing to prosecute allies of former President Jacob Zuma accused of looting state […]

5 June 2018

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Pravin Gordhan to announce board changes to SOEs

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan will announce new board appointments for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in his portfolio. Gordhan has oversight over power utility Eskom, rail and ports company Transnet, defence manufacturer Denel, airline SA Express, diamond mining organisation Alexkor and the South African Forestry Company (Safcol). In his budget vote last week, Gordhan unpacked measures the department is taking to clean up and reform SOEs. He spoke about changing the […]

24 May 2018

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Ramaphosa’s new brooms

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced several changes to his Cabinet. Here are short biographies of some of the new and not-so-new faces in the national executive. Nhlanhla Nene, Minister of Finance Former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene has made a dramatic return to his former position as head of National Treasury in President Cyril Ramaphosa's new Cabinet. Nene was first appointed finance minister at the beginning of President Jacob Zuma's second […]

27 February 2018

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Gordhan says Ramaphosa must act immediately if he wins ANC leadership

Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan has called on Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to sack President Jacob Zuma in January. “The Ramaphosa team must take over in December‚ and in January they must tell Mr Zuma to go and live in Nkandla‚” Gordhan said on Thursday. It is the first time Gordhan has publicly called for Zuma to be sacked‚ and he also took a swipe at Zuma’s administration and backers. […]

12 October 2017

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Gordhan: ‘They are going to charge us’

Former South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said he expects to be charged over an investigative unit set up when he ran the revenue service as a battle rages in the African National Congress to choose a successor to President Jacob Zuma as party leader in December. Gordhan, who was fired by Zuma in March, made his comments on Thursday, a day after a police unit known as the Hawks […]

1 September 2017

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