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The Big Read: The Guilt Of The Gutless Three

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STRAW MEN: President Jacob Zuma with Gwede Mantashe, Cyril Ramaphosa and Zweli Mkhize.  One day, when the history of South Africa is written, three men will be remembered for having sold their organisation, their people, and their country down the river. Those three men are Cyril Ramaphosa, Gwede Mantashe and Zweli Mkhize – the deputy..
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Reason behind SA’s junk status credit rating – full S&P statement

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In our opinion, the executive changes initiated by President Zuma have put at risk fiscal and growth outcomes. We assess that contingent liabilities to the state are rising. We are therefore lowering our long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating on the Republic of South Africa to ‘BB+’ from ‘BBB-‘ and the long-term local currency rating..
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Zuma’s new excuse for SA’s problems “White monopoly capital”

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The rising talk about ‘white monopoly capital’ as an obstacle to economic inclusion in South Africa is a red herring. The call for radical economic transformation has grown louder following President Jacob Zuma’s 2017 State of the Nation Address. Accompanying these calls is a line of argument that says “white monopoly capital” is to blame..
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What is going to happen to our Economy now … Zuma tells Communist Party Gordhan is out

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Johannesburg – South African President Jacob Zuma told senior leaders of the South African Communist Party that he plans to fire Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The rand plummeted. Zuma told officials from the party, which is allied to his ruling African National Congress, during a meeting..
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Zuma pull out his guns – N24

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President Jacob Zuma took a strong stand at this weekend’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting in Irene in Gauteng, defending his position on the issue of land expropriation without compensation, and challenging his critics to read the ANC’s 2012 conference resolutions if they disagreed with his views. City Press heard that Zuma had “set the..
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Open Letter: White South Africa Faces Adapt Or Die Moment As ANC Talks Up Radical Economic Transformation

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Facing the next key fight for his political future, acornered President Jacob Zuma has this year decided to notch up rhetoric on ‘radical economic transformation‘. As part of this call and amid the Zuptoids’ growing use of terminology such as ‘white monopoly capital’, Zuma recently sparked further scares in the local and international investment communities..
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Leaked Letters Reveal ‘SARS Wars’ Showdown Between Gordhan And Moyane

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Leaked letters between SARS head Tom Moyane and finance minister Pravin Gordhan reveal a complete breakdown in the relationship between the two finance heads. In one letter, leaked to and republished by the Mail & Guardian, Gordhan lambasted Moyane for approving his own salary increase for the 2015/16 financial year. In the letter to Moyane,..
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New Tax Tables For 2017: This Is How Much You Will Pay

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Following the announcement of new tax changes for the 2017/18 financial year by finance minister Pravin Gordhan, the country’s tax tables have been updated. One of the biggest changes announced by the finance minister is the introduction of a new tax bracket, aimed at the country’s wealthy. South Africans who earn more than R1.5 million..
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Replacing South Africa’s finance minister, or his deputy, would carry a heavy cost

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Many see the decision by South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) to send the disgraced former CEO of the power utility Eskom to parliament as the precursor to another attack on the National Treasury and to remove finance minister Pravin Gordhan. The decision to give Brian Molefe a seat in the country’s parliament has..
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SAA to remain under intense government oversight – Gordhan – Budget 2017

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SAA will remain under intense government oversight, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said in his report contained in National Treasury’s 2017 Budget Review, which he tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. Referring to recommendations made by the Select and Standing Committees on Finance on the 2016 Revised Fiscal Framework, Gordhan said the committees recommend that National Treasury..
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