Treasury confirms Gordhan, Jonas returning
The finance minister and his deputy will arrive back in SA on Tuesday morning, and Jonas will skip the US leg of the roadshow
The Presidency has confirmed instructing Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, to return from investment roadshow. "President Jacob Zuma has instructed the Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan and Deputy Minister Mcebisi Jonas to cancel the international investment promotion roadshow to the UK and US and return to SA immediately," the Presidency said in a statement. The Presidency did not provide any explanation for the instruction. Business Day was earlier told that Zuma had ordered them to return because the trip was "unauthorised". Treasury confirmed on Monday afternoon that Gordhan and Jonas would leave the UK on Monday night and arrive back in SA on Tuesday morning. Gordhan had told Bloomberg by phone early on Monday that he was carrying on with his plans to meet investors in London. The second leg of the roadshow - to the US - which would include Gordhan's deputy Mcebisi Jonas, has been called off following instructions from the president. Jonas was ...
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