Trevor Andrew Manuel

By the time government managers sat down with the unions to negotiate Finance Minister Trevor Manuel the cabinet's leading fiscal and monetary conservative had set the limit for a pay increase in his annual budget and parliament had approved it...

The most applauded decision was to leave the respected economic team of Trevor Manuel at Finance and Alec Erwin at Trade in place; there are few new stars in the line up...

And the SACP and Cosatu have yet to show they have the courage to mount anything other than verbal guerrilla warfare against government economic policy which is embodied in the policy of 'Growth Employment and Redistribution' (GEAR) supported by Mbeki and Finance Minister Trevor Manuel...

In 1997/98 provincial deficits amounted to one per cent of GDP whereas in 1998/99 the provinces collectively are set for a surplus of R600 million - 'a remarkable turnaround' according to Finance Minister Trevor Manuel although accumulated debt and interest costs remain high...

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and his tax advisors try hard to balance these aims...

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and Reserve Bank Governor Chris Stals reject calls to follow Malaysia's move to impose capital controls; they argue that South Africa's fundamentals - 5 per cent inflation low current account and budget deficits - will eventually convince people the rand is undervalued and bring in investment...

Flanked by cabinet heavyweights Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin Deputy President Thabo Mbeki has assembled an impressive team of policy makers...

For presentation Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's 11 March budget announcement got full marks...

Of the top nine members voted on to the NEC by secret ballot six were Indian or coloured cabinet ministers (Kader Asmal Mac Maharaj Jay Naidoo Trevor Manuel Dullah Omar and Mohamed Valli Moosa)...

Now the leftist critics of Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and his mandarins joke that he has shifted into reverse GEAR...