David Douglas van Rooyen (Des)

Then came Africa Confidential's revelation on 12 February that two men with strong links to the Guptas were to accompany the short-lived Finance Minister David 'Des' van Rooyen to the Treasury...

The Guptas influenced Zuma to appoint the previously unknown David 'Des' van Rooyen as Finance Minister it is now generally accepted...

Gordhan was forced on President Jacob Zuma after the debacle that followed his dismissal of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene and his appointment of the relative unknown David 'Des' van Rooyen (AC Vol 56 No 25 Jacob Zuma's costly week)...

9 December: Zuma sacks Nene replacing him with a little-known member of the parliamentary Finance Committee David van Rooyen...

Just as the delegation was concluding a 11 December meeting with Ashok Vaswani the Chief Executive Officer of Barclays' Personal and Corporate Banking Division the news broke that Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene had been sacked and that one of their Select Committee colleagues ANC MP David van Rooyen had replaced him...