Tag: Minister of Finance

Emphasising that South Africans are "resilient, committed and resourceful", Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan delivered his 2016 Budget speech to the National Assembly in Parliament on Wednesday 24 February. Read the full speech, watch the video, and download key documents.

Read the full statement by Pravin Gordhan, South Africa's newly appointed Minister of Finance, delivered at a press conference on Monday 14 December.

As Team South Africa returns from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene reflects on the common challenges faced by different countries across the globe - including ours - and reports back on the message communicated to the forum about the South African success story.

Nhlanhla Nene, South Africa's minister of finance, writes that achieving the three objectives of his recent policy statement – slowing government debt, improving its services, and speeding up economic growth – requires government, business, civil society and the people of the country to work together.

Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan announced a new, energised commitment to South Africa’s young people in his maiden budget speech, with education and job-creation programmes for graduates and school-leavers high on his list of priorities.
• Zuma’s 2010 plan of action

Something funny happened on 11 February 2009. The minister of finance, Trevor Manuel, delivered his budget speech – and everyone loved it. The Left was happy, the business community was ecstatic and ordinary South Africans lauded it, writes Justice Malala.