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Former public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba

Malusi Gigaba charged over Transnet’s multibillion-rand corruption scandal

Gigaba appeared in court alongside four former Transnet executives, with prosecutors alleging he accepted undisclosed cash from the Gupta family while tender processes were…

Former public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan.

Pravin Gordhan set the benchmark for public service and dedication to the cause

Not everyone liked the late former public enterprises minister, but everyone respected him

Pravin Gordhan.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Pravin Gordhan, former public enterprises minister and lifelong political activist, dies

Gordhan passed away after what his family said was a short battle with cancer

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reassigned the responsibility for state-owned enterprises from the now-defunct department of public enterprises to their respective line-function ministries.

State-owned enterprises to find new homes in line ministries

The proclamation by President Cyril Ramaphosa is an apparent about-turn from earlier plans that would have seen state firms fall under the control of his office

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Gordhan calls for just energy transition plan to be adjusted

The public enterprises minister said climate change had to be addressed but the shift to clean energy had to consider South Africa’s economic reality

Eskom told Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts that it was targeting suppliers mentioned in the Zondo report

Build One South Africa has joined the legal proceedings against Eskom and Pravin Gordhan

Coalition seeks to halt the 18.65% tariff increase, end load-shedding, and hold the state accountable for its failure to provide electricity

Lynne Brown
2014 – 2018 (Photo by Thulani Mbele/Sowetan/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Lynne Brown went with the wishes of the Guptas — state capture report

The former minister was found to have played a strategic role in ensuring the ground was fertile for the Guptas to plunder Denel

Pravin Gordhan, the minister for public enterprises. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Eskom killed us heavily – Mbalula says as guns come out for Gordhan

Detractors of Minister Pravin Gordhan are expected to use the recent rounds of blackouts said to have affected the ANC’s election results as a launching pad to call for his removal

KwaZulu-Natal residents who are unemployed, financially struggling and hungry have lambasted Eskom’s proposed 36.1% tariff hike. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Eskom to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to avoid load-shedding for elections

Stage four load-shedding rolled out to ensure the polls on Monday 1 November are energy secure

Former South African Airways chief executive Sizakele Mzimela on Tuesday told the Zondo commission it riled her that taxpayers had to foot the bill for former minister Malusi Gigaba’s legal representatives to cross-examine her at the state capture inquiry.

‘I’m not happy that me and other taxpayers have to foot Gigaba’s legal bill’, former SAA boss tells Zondo

Sizakele Mzimela, under cross-examination by the former minister’s lawyers, also tells of ‘ambush’ at a meeting when the Gupta-linked Jet Airways placed undue pressure on the…

Former public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba.(Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Gigaba says it was ‘an unfortunate coincidence’ SOEs were captured on his watch

The former public enterprises minister says he was deliberately removed from state companies’ dealings and could not have learned of the looting

Former South African Airways chief executive Sizakele Mzimela on Tuesday told the Zondo commission it riled her that taxpayers had to foot the bill for former minister Malusi Gigaba’s legal representatives to cross-examine her at the state capture inquiry.

Gigaba denies he allowed Gupta allies to strong-arm SAA into scrapping Mumbai flights

The former minister was confronted with testimony that the airline was bullied, including by his special adviser, on his watch

Harith General Partners, one half of the consortium that will take over SAA, has come under scrutiny since the announcement of the national carrier’s new majority shareholder.

Embattled SAA is set to receive balance of R10bn funding

Salary arrears owed to SAA staff will be paid by 19 February, and the public enterprises department commits to reskilling affected employees.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – FEBRUARY 13: Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) at the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on February 13, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. The State Of The Nation of the President of South Africa is an annual event in which the President reports on the status on the nation, highlights achievements, flags challenges and outlines strategies that will be undertaken to unlock developments interventions for the coming financial year. (Photo by Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

EFF MPs to be investigated for disrupting parliamentary proceedings

Under the spotlight will be the Economic Freedom Fighters’ behaviour at the State of the Nation address and during the public enterprise department’s budget speech

Daggers at dawn: President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan (right), watched by Deputy President David Mabuza. (Felix Dlangamandla/Netwerk24)

ANC faction gunning for Gordhan

The ambush will take place at an NEC meeting about Eskom. But the real target is Cyril Ramaphosa

Bilateral relations: President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Saudi Arabia last year; R10-billion of investment was raised.  (Kopano Tlape/GCIS)

Denel’s secret R6.3bn export deal

The state defence company is fired up about the large contract but is keeping mum on the details

Koeberg’s chief nuclear officer, Riedewaan Barkadien, has resigned to take up an executive position at a nuclear power station in Canada. Eskom said former Koeberg power station plant manager Keith Featherstone would act as chief nuclear officer from the start of August.

Gordhan: Radioactive leaks at Koeberg were ‘negligible’

The amounts of radioactivity released in 2014 and 2015 were ‘negligible’ and it was not necessary to notify the public, Gordhan said.

PIC chief executive Dan Matjila may retain his post as previous charges bought against him no longer apply. (David Harrison/M&G)

No political campaign against Gigaba, says public enterprises committee chair

​The public enterprises portfolio committee has rejected claims by Minister Malusi Gigaba that its members are attempting to discredit him

Mentor first revealed the alleged Gupta bribe in a Facebook post in March 2016. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

#StateCaptureInquiry: What Vytjie saw

The former ANC MP is expected to detail an alleged bribery attempt by the politically connected Gupta family

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Gordhan: SA Express flights to take off next week

Gordhan said that the airline plans to initiate two routes next week and possibly add more routes on a weekly basis