President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to attend the Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises amidst allegations that the Minister declined to participate in the committee’s investigations. The committee is probing potential irregularities in the SAA-Takatso Consortium deal. The oversight body has announced its intention to[…]
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has told Bloomberg News that Eskom will have a new CEO before the end of this year. Gordhan told the news agency that finding a suitable candidate with the right capabilities is a big challenge. The minister also labelled reports that he rejected some candidates for the Eskom CEO[…]
The newly-appointed Eskom board has officially started its work. The Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says Eskom is still dealing with many issues related to fraud and theft. He was speaking during the announcement of the new Eskom board members in a media briefing on Friday. He says there are still[…]
Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan made an impassioned defence of the sale of a majority stake in SAA for about R51, a deal subject to a lawsuit from a spurned bidder. The privatisation of SAA is a vital reform for the country’s battered economy, Gordhan said in an interview at[…]
Judgement has been reserved in Public Enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan’s court application to review and set aside Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s findings against him. Lawyers for Gordhan, former SARS deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay, the Public Protector and EFF have concluded their arguments on Tuesday. Minister Pravin Gordhan brought an urgent application to the[…]
The North Gauteng High Court will on Tuesday hear an urgent application by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan challenging the implementation of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s remedial actions against him. Gordhan filed his review bid in response to Mkhwebane’s controversial report published in early July relating to the so-called ‘rogue[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa is involved in a bitter struggle with Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane who has instituted various investigations into both the head of state and Pravin Gordhan, the minister of public enterprises and his most trusted reformist. Mkhwebane is expected to make an adverse finding against Ramaphosa related to[…]
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has removed three board members from the troubled state-owned firm Transnet and appointed an interim board. Transnet is one of a handful of state firms accused of irregularities in the awarding of state contracts under former President Jacob Zuma. President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to[…]
Former Finance Minister and ANC MP Pravin Gordhan has branded former Eskom CFO Anoj Singh as someone who is lying and misleading the parliamentary inquiry into Eskom about his relationship with the Gupta family. Gordhan was not happy with the quality of answers and contradictory evidence given by Singh at[…]
The South African government has a good handle on the countries fiscal numbers says Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan. This comes after the Minister delivered his 2017 Budget Speech on Wednesday. Speaking on Morning Live, Minister Gordhan says deficit is under control but the revenue could be better as the[…]
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