Mcebisi Hubert Jonas

Former Deputy Minister of Finance and Gupta whistle-blower Mcebisi Jonas declined the job a well-placed source told AC (AC Vol 58 No 8 Gigaba raises sights still higher)...

He appointed four senior trade and investment envoys led by respected former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and including former deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas a whistle-blower in the Guptagate corruption scandal Jacko Maree a former chief executive of Standard Bank and Phumzile Langeni a leading business person...

'South Africa is facing a defining moment politically and economically ' said former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas who says he was offered a 600 million rand ($44 mn...

Among those who blew the whistle are: former Energy Minister Dikobe Ben Martins former deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas former Director-General of Public Works Themba Maseko former Energy and Mining Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi and former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor (see table The good the bad and the ugly)...

The strategy was also used to claim that the recently sacked Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan his deputy Mcebisi Jonas and the Treasury were controlled by 'white monopoly capital' and their interests...

It includes Gordhan his former deputy Mcebisi Jonas ex-President Kgalema Motlanthe and prominent figures from business churches and academia...

DG Lungisa Fuzile was persuaded to resign when Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas were sacked...

Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas has said that 'vested interests' are behind the nuclear drive...

Topping the list of officials that Zuma plans to remove are: • Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan who with his Deputy Mcebisi Jonas and Director General of Treasury Lungisa Fuzile have blocked pressure for more patronage projects (AC Vol 57 No 24 Gordhan in ratings war); • Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom who led the rebellion against Zuma at the NEC; • Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor; • Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi; • National Education Minister and leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) Blade Nzimande who made a scathing attack on Zuma on 9 December...

Mkhize was also mentioned as a stern critic of Zuma's ties to private companies in an interview with Madonsela about the Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas who claimed he had been offered substantial sums by the Gupta family to accept the job of Finance Minister on their terms (AC Vol 57 No 22 A week of defeats for Zuma)...