Opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters has slammed President Jacb Zuma's Cabinet reshuffle, saying it was a means to place the Treasury in the hands of the Gupta business family, while the Congress of the People called on a mass Cabinet resignation as a show of protest.
Left: President Jacob Zuma. Top-right: Former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Bottom-right: Former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas.
ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe has also reacted to the cabinet reshuffle. see more »
President Jacob Zuma has fired his finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, in a Cabinet reshuffle, precipitating an immediate drop in the value of the South African currency, the rand. Read more »
At the heart of the fight is the influence wielded over President Jacob Zuma by the controversial Gupta family, a post-apartheid immigrant family from India who have built a ... Read more »
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