She decided to keep her adviser, Herbert Mkhize, in his position despite an audit report finding him guilty of mismanaging the government-funded National Economic and Development Labour Council (Nedlac) by more than R1-million in unauthorised expenses. Oliphant has...
The appointment of Mosebenzi Zwane as the new mineral resources minister in September was met with dismay by a battered mining industry severely afflicted by a sharp downturn in commodity prices and a flood of job losses. Critics referred to Zwane as “a mediocre MEC”...
The R80-billion-a-year police portfolio remained a hotbed of political meddling in 2015. Scandals and factional battles provided a constant source of media fodder, and Nhleko made dubious decisions throughout the year. He did not have the constitutional authority to...
The state-owned enterprises in Lynne Brown’s portfolio – among them Eskom, Transnet and Denel – are supposed to drive the government’s economic programme. The minister has overall responsibility for them as the state’s nominated shareholder, but by law she does not...
Is Ngoako Ramatlhodi the man who will finally approve the revised ministerial handbook and give South Africa access to the spending guidelines? For more than five years now his predecessors have been promising to finalise the review of this handbook, which provides...
