RADICAL ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIION
New ministers write new songs for Davies and Patel
Since Jacob Zuma came to power, Rob Davies and Ebrahim Patel have driven the state’s transformation agenda harder than anyone else
As three former ANC ministers resigned from Parliament, the fate and future of two key ministers comes to mind — Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and Economic Development Minster Ebrahim Patel. Since President Jacob Zuma came to power, the two have driven the state’s transformation agenda harder than anyone else. They have, however, begun their tenure under the greying oversight of Davies and Patel, who have effectively been the architects in making black economic empowerment statutory and implementing it with zeal. Patel was parachuted in by Zuma early in his administration to be in charge of micro-and macroeconomic planning. This effectively pitted him against former finance minister and minister of the National Planning Commission Trevor Manuel — responsible for implementing the National Development Plan (NDP) — and his successor as finance minister, Pravin Gordhan. It will be interesting to see how Patel and Davies dovetail with Gordhan’s successor, Malusi Gigaba, in the c...
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