Nhlanhla Nene

Business ethics slammed

IOL (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Many senior government and business leaders have come under fire from Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene.

Deputy minister flays elite

Pretoria News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

THE ELITE has captured state resources "through corruption, crony empowerment and by milking the state through charging exorbitant prices", says Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene.

Deputy minister takes swipe at unethical elite

The Mercury (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

THE ELITE, Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said yesterday, had captured state resources "through corruption, crony empowerment and by milking the state through charging exorbitant prices" .

Business ethics slammed

Cape Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

THE elite have "pick-pocketted" state resources "through corruption, crony empowerment and by milking the state through charging exorbitant prices", says Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene.

Higher Govt Spending is Answer to Economic Recovery

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Finance Deputy Minister Nhlanhla Nene says higher government spending will help stimulate demand for goods and services thus helping to speed up economic recovery.

N Nene: University of KwaZulu-Natal Conference

New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Speech by Deputy Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene, MP at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Faculty of Management Studies' Business Management Conference 5 November 2009 The present economic crisis has again brought to the fore economic arguments on how best government's should respond to economic crises. For some, the recent crisis also settled long-standing debates. Today, few economists would...

Nene to be capped

IOL (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009

Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene will be among the students receiving degrees from the University of Western Cape at a graduation ceremony evening.

African Chairman Falls Off Chair While in Live Interview

My Fun Zone (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009

This was an embarrassing moment of a fat African Chairman Nhlanhla Nene who fell off chair when the chair he was sitting collapsed while in a live broadcast interview . On Tuesday morning, Nene was being interviewed live in studio by presenter Hayde Fitzpatrick on SABC2's parliamentary review programme A View from the House. Halfway through answering one of Fitzpatrick's questions, a loud crack...

N Nene to hold special public meeting, 10 Aug

New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009

Media release: Special pensions public meeting 5 August 2009 Finance Deputy Minister Mr Nhlanhla Nene, MP will hold a public meeting in Cape Town about the Special Pensions Act. This follows the latest amendment to the Special Pensions Act. Amendments to the Act were passed in 1998, 2003 and 2005. The latest amendment, passed in 2008 extends the pension to include people who were 30 but not yet 35...

ANC protecting Land Bank looters

I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009

'Tis easy. Where there's rot, look to find the ANC's fat grubby KFC-putrid fingers in it. Related: Net closing in on former Land Bank executives - IOL 12 July 2009 - Senior former Land Bank executives and a former Gauteng politician will be arrested this month on charges of corruption, MPs have been told. The revelation comes two years after auditors hinted at massive corruption at the bank, which...

Nene and DA in row over Land Bank

Cape Times (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009

A war of words erupted between Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene and the Democratic Alliance in Parliament yesterday over what the opposition party described as an attempt by Nene to protect senior officials involved in alleged corruption at the Land Bank.

DA accuses Nene of cover-up

IOL (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009

A row broke out between the DA and Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene after the party accused him of refusing to name Land Bank fraud suspects to spare the ANC embarrassment.

'South Africans must save more'

SouthAfrica.info RSS feed (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009

Despite a rise in savings as a proportion of GDP, Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says there is a need for financial literacy in the country as the current savings performance is low by international standards and high household debt is hampering wealth accumulation.

• Savings Performance a Disappointment - Nene - All Africa

Country's Growth Depends On Household Saving Rate, Says Nene

All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009

DESPITE the slight increase in SA's savings rate, Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said yesterday South Africans need to save more to ensure sustainable economic growth and reduce dependence on foreign capital.

SA not saving, says Nene

Business Report (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009

Savings now account for a tiny fraction of household expenditure in South Africa, Deputy Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene says.