South Africa’s Gordhan ordered home from London, rattling markets: PRETORIA Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan was set to return to South Africa early on Tuesday after he was ordered home by the president, a move that rattled markets amid media reports that he might be sacked. The rand tumbled more than 2.7 percent against …
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SA Cabinet minister in the dark about Gordhan being called back home: Nkwinti was briefing journalists on several land reform bills out for public comment when he was asked whether he knew why Gordhan was told to return to South Africa from London, where the finance minister and his team was meeting with investors.
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South Africans react to Ahmed Kathrada’s death: “This is [a] great loss to the ANC, the broader liberation movement and South Africa as a whole. Internationally, he was staunch in his support for the Palestinian struggle. Kathy was an inspiration to millions in different parts of the world,” Balton sai
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South Africa in trouble after day 4 collapse: HAMILTON, New Zealand — Kane Williamson’s superb 176 almost exactly measured New Zealand’s first-innings advantage over South Africa in the third cricket test Tuesday before a top order collapse left the Proteas’ second innings in disarray at stumps on …
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LIVE: #GordhanGupta: Can of worms or open cards?: Gordhan, who was on an international investor roadshow in the UK and the US, was ordered by President Jacob Zuma on Monday to come back to South Africa immediately. No reasons were given for the decision.
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South African anti-apartheid icon Ahmad Kathrada dies aged 87: “This is great loss to the ANC, the broader liberation movement and South Africa as a whole,” said Neeshan Balton, head of Kathrada Foundation. “’Kathy’ was an inspiration to millions in different parts of the world.”
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