Interview with Professor Hirsch on the removal of Finance Minister Nene

11 Dec 2015
11 Dec 2015

The fallout from President Jacob Zuma’s decision to remove South Africa’s respected Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene was felt immediately in the foreign currency markets where the rand suffered an immediate and dramatic fall. Caroline Southey, editor of The Conversation Africa, asked Alan Hirsch what the appointment of David van Rooyen means for the National Treasury and the country’s economy. 

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