Pravin Gordhan is a prominent South African politician, born on April 12, 1949, in Durban. He notably served as Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2017, implementing vital economic policies. Gordhan also held roles in public enterprises and governance, advocating for transparency, accountability, and combating corruption during his career. His contributions have been crucial to South Africa's economic development and stability.
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union has made allegations of procurement and recruitment irregularities at the state-owned entity
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The ruling party’s economic transformation head Mmamokolo Kubayi said the resolution for state entities to be moved to line ministries remained intact
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eThekwini businesses have urged the minister to fire executive members of the board, saying they are responsible for service delivery failures at the port
Several small opposition parties protested, but the ANC’s might carried the vote
South Africa’s news headlines suggest the opposition and the ANC are still struggling to get its act together
Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said the company only achieving 26.3% of its targets was ‘unacceptable’
Kgathatso Tlhakudi has claimed wrongdoing in the sale of the national carrier
The new director general played a key role in developing the Eskom Debt Relief Bill
This is in line with its turnaround plan which was approved by the department of public enterprises in 2019.
Ministers want President Ramaphosa to rein in the ANC secretary general
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An update on the training and community support programmes taking shape at Eskom’s pilot renewable energy plant
Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe again blames grid insufficiency, but the electricity minister warns the country will rue delay on expansion
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Warsaw and Pretoria appear to be poles apart when it comes to the war between Russia and Ukraine
The minister argues the ruling compelling him to keep the lights on at hospitals, schools and police station is vague and impossible to implement
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Kgathatso Tlhakudi was suspended and later dismissed after being found guilty of gross misconduct and unlawful recruitment. He says he was targeted over the SAA deal
The decision came after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security adviser, Sydney Mufamadi, said the former CEO never told him the report implicated a senior ANC politician in corruption at the utility
The parliamentary committee will also call Business Unity South Africa’s head to talk about the intelligence probe the former chief executive initiated
Mpho Makwana has accused the former chief executive of breaching confidentiality clauses in his contract of employment
Instead of meeting engineers, the former Eskom chief executive was busy with his ghostwriters
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The public enterprises minister says the former Eskom board chairperson, Malegapuru Makgoba, misled and misinformed parliament and the public
The public enterprises minister appears before parliament’s standing committee on public accounts regarding corruption at the power utility
The utility has said needs more funds for the fuel to meet a court order that public schools and hospitals are exempt from load-shedding
Ex-Eskom boss and former chairperson deny the intelligence on the ANC’s complicity in graft at the utility was withheld
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The former Eskom chairperson said a maligned investigation initiated by former CEO Andre de Ruyter was first mooted by the minister
The former Eskom chief executive said he relayed all privately-gathered intelligence to the police and Minister Pravin Gordhan, and so did not breach his reporting duty
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Gordhan said his department would challenge a ruling that gives the state 60 days to exempt hospitals, schools and police stations from power cuts
The Pretoria high court granted an order, unopposed, to allow it to serve papers abroad in its defamation suit against the former Eskom chief executive
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Party says the move is to vindicate its ‘reputation’ but the timing suggests it’s a pre-emptive strike
When the president merged the mining and energy departments under his most powerful lieutenants he made a decision that would come back to bite him
The faux pas with the Finnish president is the latest in a series of embarrassing moves by our head of state
The ruling party wants a retraction and apology from the former Eskom CEO for implicating it in crippling corruption at the power utility
Despite pressure from the standing committee on public accounts, the former Eskom boss stood firm, saying he was not willing to divulge identities