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“[Pravin Gordhan] was a highly skilled backroom operator who shied away from the spotlight” (Getty Images)

OBITUARY – Pravin Gordhan’s last warning: Democracy will not survive on its own

Gordhan’s last political act was to call for a ‘reset’ and a return to progressive politics

Department of Finance

The journey to full-blown austerity is marked by changes to an economy presided over by a government adrift

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Michele Spatari / AFP)

Zuma was the Guptas’ puppet, Zondo finds

The former president’s dismissal of Nhlahla Nene as finance minister for spurious reasons showed the veracity of the Gupta family’s claim that he would do anything for them

Dondo Mogajane is set to pursue new opportunities outside the public sector after his contract as treasury director general expires. (Image via Treasury)

Treasury’s most senior official to leave in June

Dondo Mogajane is set to pursue new opportunities outside the public sector after his contract as treasury director general expires

Nhlanhla Nene
(2014 – 9/12/2015) (Photo by Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Felix Dlangamandla)

Careers the Zondo state capture inquiry has ended (or not)

From Vincent Smith to Gwede Mantashe, those named and shamed have met with differing fates

Keeping silent: Jacob Zuma and his confidante Dudu Myeni have refused to answer important questions in the Zondo commission’s quest to unearth the full extent of state capture during Zuma’s time in office. Photo: Kevin Sutherland/Sunday Times /Gallo Images

Zuma’s silence leaves state capture’s truth up to inference

The case Zuma refused to answer before Zondo

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Lulama Zenzile/Die Burger/Gallo)

Ramaphosa says he threatened to resign over Des van Rooyen saga

The machinations around the finance ministry at the time clearly posed the risk that the treasury would be captured, to disastrous effect, Ramaphosa said.

Des van Rooyen
9/12/2015– 13/12/2015
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Gupta-linked Bobat was hired on merit, Van Rooyen tells Zondo commission

Former finance minister Des van Rooyan said he did not have Mohamed Bobat’s CV when he appointed him as a special adviser

In full swing: Fundraising for Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign to be elected as president of the ANC at the Nasrec conference in December 2017 worked like a well-oiled machine. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Intra-party funding must be open

The CR17 campaign did nothing wrong legally but all political parties’ funds should be regulated

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Reuters)

Zuma at the state capture inquiry: How he got here

How Nene’s removal triggered the state capture avalanche, culminating in Zuma’s Monday appearance.

Former president Jacob Zuma rejected outright attempts on Monday by the ANC top six leaders to secure an agreement from him to appear before the Zondo commission into state capture.
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LIVESTREAM: Zuma in the hot seat at the Zondo Commission

Former president Jacob Zuma’s appearance will give him the opportunity to give evidence before the commission

(Oupa Nkosi)

Zondo commission: Treasury witnesses to reveal cost of state capture

Treasury economist Catherine MacLeod will take the stand on Tuesday

According to Fuzile, Zuma also said that in other countries “finance ministers do not tell presidents that there is no money”. (Waldo Swiegers/Getty)

Nuclear deal would have dealt a blow to SA economy —Fuzile

The drive for nuclear energy has been cited by ratings agencies as a major reason for credit downgrades

According to Fuzile, Zuma also said that in other countries “finance ministers do not tell presidents that there is no money”. (Waldo Swiegers/Getty)

Zondo commission: Ex treasury DG back to spill the beans

​Former treasury director general Lungisa Fuzile will make his second appearance before the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture

Christine Lagarde (AFP)

Is Tito preparing an IMF financial parachute, now a $171bn foreign debt cliff looms?

The reason for the International Monetary Fund’s Christine Lagarde’s visit to South Africa is unknown

“I refused to schedule a meeting with the Gupta family, whether at their residence or anywhere else,” Pravin Gordhan read from his statement, a statement he later repeated. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Gordhan decries EFF attack on daughter

The party made these and other claims during its protest outside the state capture commission

About-turn: Last year, the EFF praised Pravin Gordhan’s corruption-busting efforts. Now, with Black First Land First, the party is protesting against him outside the Zondo inquiry into state capture. (Oupa Nkosi)

EFF seizes on divisions in the ANC

The Economic Freedom Fighters are targeting Pravin Gordhan, a symbol of unity, and fighting the battle of disgruntled ANC members

Fuzile’s evidence will form a series of testimonies relating to the “revolving door” of ministers at treasury. (Trevor Samson/Business Day/Gallo Images)

Ex-treasury DG was warned of ‘Gupta minister’

After Nhlanhla Nene’s axing in 2015, Lungisa Fuzile was cautioned about a ‘Gupta minister’

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo at the commission’s first public hearing on state capture and corruption. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

#StateCaptureInquiry: Mentor, Nene request postponements

The state capture commission granted two applications for postponement – one from Nene and the other from Mentor

President Cyril Ramaphosa congratulates newly appointed Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, who is expected to make his presence felt regarding economic strategy. (Sumaya Hisham/Reuters)

Mboweni at budget crossroads

President Cyril Ramaphosa will be hoping that Mboweni’s stewardship of the listless economy will help the ANC rally support ahead of the 2019 polls