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Trevor Andrew Manuel

Date of Birth: 31 January 1956
Place of Birth: Kensington, Cape Town


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The race to win

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said the Employment Equity Act was on balance the best method and he wanted tougher monitoring of the system: 'The act in practice is frequently very poorly used...


Brown and the Brownites

In Africa South Africa's Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is probably Brown's closest kindred spirit: the two talk regularly and there is real mutual respect and occasional joshing...


The trials of Wolfowitz

The most neutral comment came from South Africa's Finance Minister Trevor Manuel who said that political leaders should not rush to judgement: 'We must not behave like a kangaroo court'...


A highly political budget

On 21 February Finance Minister Trevor Manuel dished out tax cuts paid off apartheid-era debt and boosted public spending on almost everything from welfare grants to police from teachers to infrastructure for the 2010 World Cup as well as more water and electrification projects...


Raining on the parade

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and Mbeki argue that such a grant would weaken state finances and foster an entitlement culture...

They will continue to campaign against his policies and his economic reform team led by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Finance Minister Trevor Manuel Deputy Finance Minister Jabu Moleketi Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mphalwa and Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni...


Women in power

She has had a discreet relationship with Finance Minister Trevor Manuel for several years and the pair are often seen together in public...


Waiting in line

The list of putative candidates for the presidency of South Africa’s African National Congress grows ever longer: Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma; Finance Minister Trevor Manuel; businessman Saki Macozoma; and National Chairman Mosiuoa Lekota...


Crying Wolfowitz

Before the meeting UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown who is close to South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel threatened to vote against De Rato's proposals unless there was a plan to boost representation for African states...


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