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Former finance minister, Tito Mboweni. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Business leaders remember Mboweni as self-starter, resolute

He leaves a legacy as a champion of labour rights, fiscal and monetary reform and prudent government spending

Lesetja Kganyago.  (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Reserve Bank hold repo rate steady despite inflation pressures

Governor Lesetja Kganyago said the central bank would wait for the inflation rate to fall within its 3% to 6% target before it makes a cut

Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago noted that high levels of economic uncertainty persist, as Russia’s continues to wage war on Ukraine. (Moeletsi Mabe/Gallo)

Kganyago again slams Public Protector in speech on central bank independence

The Reserve Bank governor was in Washington to deliver a speech on central bank independence at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

Netanyahu: “Thank you, President Trump, for this historic move. The sanctions are indeed coming”. (Reuters)

Mantashe: Mboweni is the right man for the job

Tito Mboweni returns to the public service at a time when South Africa faces an unemployment crisis and low economic growth

Former senior ANC MP Vincent Smith. (Lulama Zenzile/Beeld/Gallo)

What happens when a bank is put into curatorship

The South African Reserve Bank was justified in placing VBS Mutual Bank under curatorship

Subdued growth outlook puts economy under pressure

There is a large gap between what the country is exporting and what it is importing.

Nationalising Gill Marcus

Nationalising Gill Marcus

We can be thankful that it was Gwede Mantashe and not Julius Malema who mooted the idea of nationalising the Reserve Bank.

Tito gone fishing

Tito Mboweni was in the news this week because he was quitting to go fishing. This seems to have changed after chatting to the ANC’s Gwede Mantashe.