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Pravin Gordhan

  • Saturday, 13 May, 2017
    Special ReportInvesting in Gauteng
    South Africa’s rand poses big problems for currency traders

    Investors need thick skins, acute awareness of risk and a good knowledge of the politics of the ruling ANC

    epa05938994 (FILE) - A file photograph showing South Africa President Jacob Zuma addressing the crowd during his 75th birthday celebrations held by the ruling African National Congress (ANC), in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 April 2017. Reports on 01 May 2017 state that Zuma was forced to abandoned a speech at a May Day rally in Bloemfontein after he was booed and scuffles erupted between Zuma supporters and his opponents.  EPA/CORNELL TUKIRI
  • Saturday, 13 May, 2017
    Special ReportInvesting in Gauteng
    Turmoil grips Gauteng, South Africa’s commercial heartland

    Corruption claims conspire to send Africa’s financial centre reeling

    Protest: Pretoria was one location of demonstrations calling for President Zuma to resign last month
  • Thursday, 27 April, 2017
    World
    Jacob Zuma chided over ‘politics of patronage’ as ANC battle looms

    Control of party branches critical as ruling party gears up for leadership contest

  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2017
    African companies
    South African nuclear deal with Russia unlawful, court rules

    Zuma failed to secure parliamentary approval for reactor agreement with Putin

    South African President Jacob Zuma gestures during the launch of the Westgate Social Housing Project, a large housing project undertaken by the South African government, on April 1, 2017 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Zuma ousted Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on March 31 in a cabinet purge that has plunged the ruling ANC into chaos / AFP PHOTO / RAJESH JANTILAL (Photo credit should read RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 18 April, 2017
    Michael Skapinker
    Zuma, Barclays, United and the value of employees who say no

    Organisations need staff who question bosses’ orders

    FILE PHOTO - Chief executive officer of Barclays, Jes Staley, takes part in the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit in New York, U.S., February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
  • Monday, 10 April, 2017
    Capital markets
    Foreign investors pile into South African bonds despite fears
  • Friday, 7 April, 2017
    Person in the NewsJoseph Cotterill
    Malusi Gigaba, South Africa’s finance minister

    After Jacob Zuma fired a critic of corruption, a party loyalist takes centre stage

  • Friday, 7 April, 2017
    World
    Fitch cuts South Africa’s credit rating to junk

    Rating agency follows S&P’s lead after ousting of finance minister knocks confidence

    South Africa's Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba addresses a news conference in Pretoria, South Africa April 4, 2017. REUTERS/James Oatway
  • Friday, 7 April, 2017
    Capital markets
    Rand slips as South Africa gets second junk rating
  • Wednesday, 5 April, 2017
    David Pilling
    Economics unpicks Mandela’s grand bargain for South Africa

    The conditions of the majority black population have barely changed since apartheid

    South African President Jacob Zuma (R) and South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan talk on March 27, 201 duing the 5th BRICS summit in Durban. Leaders from the BRICS group of emerging powers on March 27 failed to launch a much-anticipated new development bank to rival Western-dominated institutions, like the World Bank. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE        (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2017
    Currencies
    Zuma calls for continuity after downgrade; Trade union demands resignation
  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2017
    Currencies
    South African bond prices and bank stocks suffer
  • Monday, 3 April, 2017
    InterviewWorld
    S&P cuts South Africa credit rating to junk amid political crisis

    Jacob Zuma’s purging of his cabinet has led rand to fall and heightened uncertainty

    South African former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan gestures as he delivers a speech at the Memorial for the late Anti-Apartheid Stalwart Ahmed Kathrada on April 1, 2017 in Johannesburg. The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation holds a memorial service for the anti-apartheid stalwart, after the government called off a planned event to commemorate him. The event comes days after President Jacob Zuma's shock sacking of finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a cabinet purge that has plunged the ruling ANC into chaos. / AFP PHOTO / GULSHAN KHAN (Photo credit should read GULSHAN KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Monday, 3 April, 2017
    Emerging markets
    South Africa cut to junk at S&P
  • Monday, 3 April, 2017
    Currencies
    Rand tumbles further as Zuma backlash grows
  • Sunday, 2 April, 2017
    World
    Allowing Zuma to dictate exit terms will speed decline of ANC

    Fresh calls for South Africa’s president to quit before he splits his party

  • Friday, 31 March, 2017
    The FT ViewWorld
    South Africa faces its moment of truth

    Firing of finance minister will force ANC members to take sides

    South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan speaks to President Jacob Zuma (R) during closing remarks during the 5th BRICS Summit in Durban, March 27, 2013. REUTERS/Rogan Ward (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXXZM9
  • Friday, 31 March, 2017
    World
    Jacob Zuma faces backlash over South Africa cabinet purge

    President risks ANC revolt after finance minister and eight others are sacked

    Save SA organization, unions and other civil society groups members demonstrate in support of axed Finance minister Pravin Gordhan outside South African National treasury on March 31, 2017 in Pretoria. Zuma axed finance minister Pravin Gordhan, in a power play that has been read as a bid by Zuma to protect himself by controlling the transfer of power to a clique of favoured ANC figures. / AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIAGIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images
  • Friday, 31 March, 2017
    Currencies
    Rand, banks and bonds hit as Zuma fires Gordhan

    Whether South Africa can keep its investment grade status will shape future reaction

    Former South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan (C) and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas (R) address a group of supporters outside the South African National Treasury in Pretoria on March 31, 2017, a day after Gordhan was fired by the president. South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa launched a verbal attack on President Jacob Zuma on March 31, criticising a cabinet purge in which the respected finance minister was sacked. / AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIAGIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images
  • Friday, 31 March, 2017
    LexCurrencies
    South Africa: Gordhan knot Premium content

    Firing of finance minister suggests more downside for the country’s bonds

    Demonstrators protest outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, March 31, 2017. The firing of South Africa's respected finance minister on Friday sent the currency tumbling by close to 5 percent and brought fresh anger at President Jacob Zuma as a split in the ruling party deepened. The country's main opposition party says it will challenge the cabinet shakeup in court. AP Photo/Brenton Geach)
  • Friday, 31 March, 2017
    Capital markets
    Fitch warns Gordhan sacking could hit South African debt ratings
  • Friday, 31 March, 2017
    Capital markets
    South African bonds traded in record volumes amid Gordhan turmoil
  • Friday, 31 March, 2017
    World
    ‘Absolute nonsense’: South African FinMin Gordhan responds to sacking
  • Friday, 31 March, 2017
    Capital markets
    South African bonds and bank stocks plunge as analysts prepare for ratings downgrade
  • Friday, 31 March, 2017
    Currencies
    South Africa’s rand falls 2% after Zuma dismisses finance minister
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