TRAILBLAZER BY CHARNDRÉ EMMA KIPPIE
Towards a new Financial Er Financial Era All eyes are on SA’s new Minister of Finance – Hon. Enoch Godongwana
D
uring President Ramaphosa’s cabinet reshuffle on 5 August 2021, Honourable Enoch Godongwana was appointed as Minister of Finance.
Prior to his appointment, Hon. Enoch Godongwana had fulfilled the role of Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises between 2009 and 2010. Thereafter, he was the Deputy Minister of Economic Development, from November 2010 to 2012. Minister Godongwana has also been a member of the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) since December 2007, as well as a Member of Parliament from 2008. A Man of Action Minister Godongwana began his journey into the South African political landscape in the late 1970s, taking on the role of Shop Steward for the Metal and Allied Workers Union MAWU, in 1979. He also worked as Local Organiser of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) Springs/Brakpan/Nigel Area, between 1983 and 1989. Thereafter, he became the National Organiser of NUMSA. Then, in 1990, he was elected as the Regional Secretary of
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