Who has the correct struggle credentials, public service record, broad public support and has become the face of the fight for good governance?
Edited extract from ‘Rogue: The Inside Story of Sars’s Elite Crime-busting Unit’, by Johann van Loggerenberg with Adrian Lackay..
What do most South Africans think about? Not state capture or the president’s future, it seems.
Gordhan was detained three times as he worked to bring an end to apartheid, enduring beatings and suffocation at the hands of the police.
The rand advanced to its strongest in almost six weeks, leading global gains against the dollar.
The NPA chief also said there is no reason to apologise to anyone regarding his decision to issue a summons against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
Two approved marches organised by the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters are set to take place undeterred on Wednesday.
It took prosecutions boss Shaun Abrahams 20 days, from affirming that the “buck stops with me”, to passing that very same buck on to the Hawks.
The NPA head announced that he has decided to overrule the decision to prosecute the finance minister.
The thanks Pravin Gordhan gets for his loyalty is a spit in the face from Zuma, in the form of the fraud charges against him.
The NPA boss denies reports that he may drop the charges against finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
The Helen Suzman Foundation states that the timing of this subpoena suggests a “desperate, 11th-hour” bid to prop up the prosecution of Gordhan.
Symington can be heard expressing his surprise by the change in the Hawks’s tone after their return from the building where Moyane’s office is.
What’s been revealed is the very shaky ground on which the case against Pravin Gordhan is based.
It is significant and heartening that Gordhan received a standing ovation from the whole of Parliament, opposition included.
An ailing economy and toxic politics weigh heavily on a finance minister keeping SA afloat.
Speaking to press on the matter, Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas said the treasury was guided by the IRP.
The minister was answering a question in Parliament on whether he had been aware of the incident at Sars before the it became public.
The M&G can reveal that Hawks officials are accused of using physical force and “apartheid style tactics” to retrieve a printout of a damning email.
Student leaders from different organisations put their differences aside to march on Parliament.
The M&G has seen footage of an altercation between Sars employee Vlok Symington, four Hawks officials and the bodyguard of Sars boss Tom Moyane.
‘We are continuing to shut down universities,’ Wits SRC president Kefentse Mkhari said.
The Helen Suzman Foundation and Freedom Under Law are asking that the North Gauteng High Court set aside the fraud charges against the minister.
The mini-budget comes ahead of Standard and Poor’s credit rating review in December.
Today’s #MTBPS2016 will be key to South Africa averting a credit downgrade by rating agencies.
The heat will be on South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan when he delivers his mid-term budget.
‘Society wants us to believe there are some who must not be prosecuted … and that some should be prosecuted,’ says the organisation’s leader.
The president told the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday that he was merely exercising his ‘legal right’ through the action.
A civil society campaign is calling for President Zuma’s resignation and firmly backing Pravin Gordhan as he prepares to head to court.
Pravin Gordhan has said he plans to reduce government spending, raise taxes and cut the budget deficit to 3.2 percent of GDP.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s resolve to maintain fiscal discipline and avoid a junk credit rating is facing a severe test.
The current developments in national politics are curious enough to make anyone question their sanity.