President chooses new Finance Minister, AM Live, SAFM David Van Rooyen newly appointed Finance Minister has been replaced by Pravin Gordhan Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs Minister. President Jacob Zuma removed Van Rooyen from his portfolio last night and appointed…
President Zuma has removed Van Rooyen after backlash, Sunrise, e.TV Finance Minister David Van Rooyen is out just four days after his appointment, former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has been reappointed to the post, in a statement, President Jacob Zuma…
Zuma brings back Gordhan, drops Van Rooyen, Ukhozi FM President Jacob Zuma buckled to pressure relating to the removal of finance minister Nhlanhla Nene and announced last night the re-appointment of Pravin Gordhan to the post. Desmond Van Rooyen, who…
Black industrialists finally defined, City Press, Business Additionally, a black industrialist must "provide strategic and operational leadership", take "personal risk", stay in the business for a long term and act "entrepreneurially". That means the industrialist must identify new opportunities and…
NEF committed to providing financial and non-financial support to black entrepreneurs In 2009 the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) launched an online business plan tool that helped over 20 000 users to compile their business plans and financial projections, but the…
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS BOOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGER Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have over the past five years played a crucial role in helping government carry out its main mandate — to grow the economy and improve the lives…
NEF welcomes JSE’s concurrence on 3% black ownership The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) welcomes the acknowledgement by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) that “insofar as the investment that black South Africans have directly in listed entities on the JSE, we…
SA's JSE black ownership in focus South Africa's President, Jacob Zuma, recently said that black ownership on the JSE stood at 3%, citing the National Empowerment Fund.(Int:) Setlakalane Molepo - Divisional Executive: SME & Rural Development: NEF(Int:) Joseph Busha -…
Govt's 9-point plan explained - Gugile Nkwinti, Politicsweb.co.za - Politics Web You will be aware that South Africa's biggest economic challenge is that our economy has not grown fast enough, for long enough. When we had growth of over 5%…
LEADERSHIP, Bbqonline.co.za - BBQ Determined and persistent, Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela leader, Kgosi Nyalala Pilane, takes after his great-grandfather, Kgosi Kgamanyane, a humble man who stood up against Paul Kruger, and fought for the betterment of his people. When talking to Pilane, he…
