Zuma on reshuffle: 'I will tell you when I need to tell you'
'I don't know, since last year this speculation has been there and nothing has happened'
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday downplayed the possibility of a cabinet reshuffle following months of speculation that he would fire some ministers after a failed bid to remove him as leader of the ruling party. The president of Africa's most industrialised economy faced a revolt from inside the African National Congress (ANC) in November after an anti-corruption watchdog called for a judicial inquiry into alleged influence-peddling in Zuma's government. Zuma also rattled markets in December 2015 when he fired his respected finance minister in favour of a relatively unknown member of parliament. The rand was again hit last month by speculation that Zuma could remove Pravin Gordhan as finance minister. "I don't know, since last year this speculation has been there and nothing has happened. Just forget about it. I will tell you when I need to tell you," Zuma told reporters on the sidelines of an investor lunch in Cape Town ahead of his state of the nation address in par...
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