Dear Des: Just follow orders

11 December 2015 - 02:24
By Ray Hartley

On the day before President Jacob Zuma fired Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene, the Financial Mail carried a prescient image on its cover. It showed Nene and the Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, in a boat with Zuma. Both were rowing furiously to prevent the boat from going over a waterfall while Zuma sat back, barely concerned.

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