By BO Staff Writer The black radical political formation, Black First Land First (BLF) has asked the parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance to remove former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, from the committee and parliament. In a letter addressed to the Committee, the movement also said it plans to open a case against the Committee on …
By BO Staff Writer The Head of Treasury and Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, has been looting the Military Veterans Special Pension Fund between 2009 and 2014. Gordhan is the current Minister of Finance. He was also the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, serving from 2014–2015. He previously also held the Minister of Finance …
By BO Staff Writer A memorandum dated 17 March 2017 by the Serious Corruption Investigation Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (a component of the HAWKS), indicates damning evidence of corruption and theft of R11 million by the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, from the Special Pension Fund at the Department of Defence and Military Veterans. …
By BO Staff Writer The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) saga is being turned into an opportunity to surrender the lucrative administration of grants to the banks. Sources close to the departments say the grant crisis has pitted Minister for Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini against Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan. Dlamini has put up …
BO Staff Writer Yesterday’s budget speech by Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan was probably the most anticipated, most watched and most divisive speech since Gordhan was pushed into the National Treasury by captains of industry in 2015. The speech was anticipated because of the deep rafts within the African National Congress (ANC) – the pro …
By BO Staff Writer Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan is currently giving his 2017 budget speech. Follow the conversation and download his full budget speech below: Budget 2017-speech
By BO Staff Writer Today, parliament’s Ethics Committee released the Register of Interests for Members of Parliament (MPs). ENCA journalist, Lester Kiewit tweeted various pages of the thick book of truths. Kiewit tweeted four pages of declared interests of the Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa who has shares in multinational companies like McDonald’s, received a litany …
By BO Staff Writer A highly placed source within the South African Airways (SAA) airline has revealed that the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, will finally fire the Chairperson of the SAA Board, Dudu Myeni, at a board meeting expected to be held today. Gordhan is fed up with Myeni who has been frustrating his plan …
By BO Staff Writer Last night, Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan responded to Black First Land First’s (BLF) High Court application to declare him “conflicted, compromised and captured by white capital.” Gordhan, who is the first respondent in the matter, submitted a 340 page answering affidavit to the High Court last night at 17h58. In October last …
By BO Staff Writer In a press statement released this morning, from a press conference held yesterday, the Black First land First (BLF) movement announced that it would picket 50 ABSA branches on Saturday, following the leaked preliminary report of the public protector finding that ABSA should pay back money it stole from state coffers …
