S&P downgrades SA banks to junk status. 6 April 2017. Cape Town – Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded South Africa’s banks to non-investment grade (BB+) to ...

Effective government spending programmes are essential to revitalising the economy and creating sustainable opportunities for ...

Pravin Gordhan, who has died of cancer aged 75, was a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa; later, as an African National Congress (ANC) government finance minister, he earned an ...

Pravin Gordhan was a prominent South African politician and former Minister for Finance. When he died two weeks ago, many would say he left his mark on the nation. But that depends on who sees the ...

JOHANNESBURG — Pravin Gordhan, who was a South African government minister for many years after beginning his political career opposing apartheid, died Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. He was 75 and had cancer ...

We had decided not to venture into his private life so have no idea about that, but the overwhelming conclusion we reached was that we had uncovered that rare beast – an honest politician. In 2020 ...

Vishwas Satgar receives funding from Mellon Foundation for his Emancipatory Futures Studies project based at WITS University. He is an activist in the South African Food Sovereignty Campaign and ...

Ten years ago, ahead of South Africa’s general elections, veteran politician Pravin Gordhan said he was ready to retire to spend time with his family. Whether he really meant what he said or not, he ...

Pravin Gordhan’s 50 years of public service in South Africa took him from a young anti-apartheid activist to a determined taxman and finance minister, and eventually a central figure in the battle ...

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 13 (Reuters) - South African politician Pravin Gordhan, who served as finance minister twice, overhauled the tax service and waged a battle against corruption under a former ...

FILE PHOTO: Former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan gestures during a business summit in Sandton ...