SOEs threaten to bankrupt SA, but Minister Gordhan is off to solve municipal problems
20 July 2020
The administrator appointed by the ANC Gauteng government to run the Tshwane Metro this morning announced that Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Public Enterprises, will be deployed to the City to “lead the district fight against the Covid-19 pandemic”.
This is in line with the government’s District Development Model, which involves the deployment of ministers and deputy ministers to municipalities across the country.
But what exactly these “political champions” are called to do, or what their terms of reference are, remains to be clarified by the President.
Will Minister Gordhan, for example, assume some of the powers of the province’s administrator in Tshwane, or will he just check up on the city’s Covid-19 response?