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Ebrahim Patel

Date of Birth: 1962
Place of Birth: Cape Town


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Left and right on the Rand

The labour movement and Communist ministers led by the Department of Economic Development (DED) chief Ebrahim Patel want punitive action to curb the excesses of ‘monopoly capital'...


A loyalist cabinet

Only six ministers from his 2009 cabinet retain their posts: Angie Motshekga and Blade Nzimande at the two Education portfolios Maite Nkoana-Mashabane at International Relations Rob Davies at Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel at Economic Development and Naledi Pandor at Science and Technology...


The ANC’s top hundred

With Zuma's instinct for playing factions against each other he brought in Ramaphosa as the business candidate to balance such leftists as Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane and the Economic Affairs Minister Ebrahim Patel...


The left-right clash on economics

Gordhan’s great rival Ebrahim Patel the leftist Economic Development Minister was not elected to the NEC and must rely on fellow leaders of the Congress of South African Trade Unions to push for his agenda rather than Gordhan’s...


Rob Davies

A member of the South African Communist Party’s Politburo Davies and Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel represent the leftists of the ANC who are pushing for state-led development...


Undiplomatic corps

In Zuma’s cabinet the ‘centrists’ Manuel and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan are battling for control of economic policy with the ‘leftists’ Ebrahim Patel and Rob Davies...


Higher taxes, less nationalisation

Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan Minister in charge of the National Planning Commission Trevor Manuel and Minister for Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba all want control of overall policy...


An imported ally

Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel formerly a trades union leader has appointed Stiglitz as his advisor (AC Vol 51 No 10 Zuma’s economic tightrope & The Patel alternative)...


At the top, a three-way split

The argument mirrors the ideological battle between on the one hand Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his ally Trevor Manuel the National Planning Commission Chairman both of whom hold conventional Keynesian economic views and on the other hand their ideological rivals Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel and Rob Davies the Trade and Industry Minister representing the left wing of the cabinet (AC Vol 52 No 5 It's all about jobs)...


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