Governor No 8, the Duke of Magoebaskloof, the Earl of Killarney — these were some of the monikers that former Reserve Bank governor (1999-2009) Tito Mboweni wore in his storied career.

A big man, with an even bigger personality, Mboweni, who passed away unexpectedly last Saturday at 65, also served a crucial, stabilising stint as finance minister (2018-2021) and was the first labour minister in Nelson Mandela’s post-1994 cabinet...

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