Colin Coleman

‘South Africa is spiralling dangerously in the direction of a mafia state by failing to uphold the law amid unemployment and inability to grow the economy ' said Colin Coleman former chief executive of Goldman Sachs in Africa and a long-time supporter of the ANC under Presidents Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma...

• Chief Executive for Goldman Sachs in Africa Colin Coleman is being pushed by those business people who argue the new envoy should adopt an economic diplomacy strategy...

Other major Ramaphosa supporters some of whom contributed in cash included: billionaire Patrice Motsepe whose sister is married to Ramaphosa and whose other sister Bridgette is married to former Energy Minister Jeff Radebe; Koos Bekker of Naspers; Johan van Zyl Motsepe's chief of staff; the Swiss-based Johan van Zyl (no relation) head of Toyota International; the industrialist Christo Wiese; insurance magnate Douw Steyn; Mark Lamberti former CEO of Imperial Holdings; Colin Coleman Goldman Sachs' head of sub-Saharan Africa and gaming billionaire Martin Moshal...

More discreet boardroom activists include: • Colin Coleman head of Goldman Sachs in South Africa; • Mark Lamberti CEO of Imperial Holdings; • Maria Ramos CEO of Barclays Africa Group; • Ian Kirk CEO of Sanlam; • Johan Rupert the billionaire industrialist; • former Business Leadership South Africa head Bobby Godsell; • Johan van Zyl of Toyota; • Johan Burger CEO of First Rand; • Trevor Manuel long-standing anti-apartheid activist ex-Finance Minister and now chairman of Old Mutual; • Mike Brown CEO of Nedbank; • Mark Cutifani CEO of Anglo American; • Steve Koseff outgoing global CEO of Investec; • Tony Tabatznik a London-based billionaire etc...

Goldman's South African chief executive Colin Coleman takes an optimistic view of growth prospects: 3% this year rising to 5% over the next five years...

They included Colin Coleman head of Goldman Sachs in South Africa; JSE head Nicky Newton-King; Barclays/Absa chief Maria Ramos; Bidvest's outgoing Brian Joffe; health insurer Discovery's founder Adrian Gore; and trades unionists and Treasury officials...

' These concessions followed a meeting on 13 December of Radebe and Mkhize with an extremely high-powered business delegation that included the Barclays Africa Group Chief Executive Officer Maria Ramos; Goldman Sachs' South Africa head Colin Coleman; Investec Bank's global Chief Executive Officer Stephen Koseff; Imperial Holdings' CEO Mark Lamberti; Sanlam CEO Ian Kirk; Business Leadership South Africa Chairman Bobby Godsell; Toyota Europe CEO Johan van Zyl and FirstRand CEO Johan Petrus Burger...