Mcebisi Jonas writes of ‘deep sense of loss’ in memoir

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The former deputy finance minister writes that SA’s ‘state-building project had fallen headlong into the hands of business interests’

Mcebisi Jonas. Picture: MARK ANDREWS/DAILY DISPATCH

Jonas, who will join MTN as chair in December, alleged three years ago that members of the Gupta family offered him the cash and the finance minister’s post if he followed their agenda. , which was released in Johannesburg on Tuesday.Now that Cyril Ramaphosa has replaced Zuma and pledged to clean up graft and rebuild the economy, Jonas urges him to confront what he calls “the single-most important task that confronts SA today” — namely the financial crisis at Eskom and other state companies.

Jonas also appraised the poor standard of basic education, high unemployment, the need for better technology and “nurturing a corruption-free, high-performance state”.

 

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