James Oatway

Oct 13, 2024 | sowetanlive.co.za | Trevor Samson |James Oatway |John Liebenberg |Annalien van Zyl

Then Reserve Bank Govener Tito Mboweni announces their intention to release their repo rate in January 2000. Former minister of finance and former Governer of the South African Reserve Bank Tito Mboweni passed away at the age of 65 on Saturday. The charasmatic politician joined the ANC in 1985 and was appointed the minister of labour by President Nelson Mandela after the fall of Apartheid.

Aug 26, 2024 | sowetanlive.co.za | Siyabulela Makunga |James Oatway

It is also responsible for initiating and conducting market inquiries, implementing measures to develop public awareness of the provisions of the act and conducting impact studies, says writer. The ushering in of a new democratic order in 1994 necessitated an overhaul of the state, a reform that, in the main, advanced equality, social cohesion and nation-building.

Apr 18, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | James Oatway |Thando Hlophe

Vote Ubisi at home in Lillydale. When Mariana Ubisi went into labour in her one-room home in rural South Africa, millions of black citizens were queuing to vote in the election that would bring Nelson Mandela to power. It was April 27 1994. Swept up in the excitement, Ubisi and her husband named their newborn son Vote. “I imagine it was because we were hearing the chants saying 'vote, vote, vote' on the radio,” said Ubisi, a traditional healer in Lillydale, a poor village in Mpumalanga.

Apr 17, 2024 | reuters.com | James Oatway |Thando Hlophe

LILLYDALE, South Africa, April 18 (Reuters) - When Mariana Ubisi went into labour in her one-room home in rural South Africa, millions of Black citizens were queuing to vote in the election that would bring Nelson Mandela to power. It was April 27, 1994. Swept up in the excitement, Ubisi and her husband named their newborn son Vote.

Apr 17, 2024 | haaretz.com | James Oatway |Thando Hlophe