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- National Treasury official Duncan Pieterse has been appointed as its new director-general.
- Pieterse previously served as the head of assets and liabilities at the Treasury.
- Appointments in the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and Department of Small Business Development were also made.
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Duncan Pieterse as the new director-general of the National Treasury.
News24 previously reported that Pieterse was a frontrunner for the role, which was vacant since June 2022, when former director-general Dondo Mogajane left.
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni confirmed Cabinet's approval of a series of appointments, including that of Pieterse, at a media briefing on Thursday.
Pieterse previously served as the head of assets and liabilities at the National Treasury.
Treasury official Ismail Momoniat has been acting in the position since Mogajane's departure.
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The finalisation of Pieterse's appointment will likely be viewed as something that brings some stability to National Treasury.
Pieterse has a Bachelor of Business Science, MBA and PhD in economics from the University of Cape Town.
He completed a mid-career Master of Public Administration at Harvard University's Kennedy School. He was also a visiting research fellow at Brown and Yale universities in the US.
From 2004 to 2008, he worked as a development economist and public finance consultant.
Cabinet also approved other director-general appointments.
Thathakahle Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani was appointed as the director-general of the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.
Qinisile Precious Delwa was appointed deputy director-general: enterprise development and entrepreneurship at the Department of Small Business Development.
Ntshavheni also commented on the taxi strike in Cape Town, saying that Cabinet directed Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga to ensure that by-laws contradicting national legislation are removed.
Ntshavheni said Cabinet had been briefed on the City of Cape Town's "imposing of taxi operating conditions" which vary from national legislation, the National Road Traffic and National Land Transport Act.
These acts regulate traffic offences that are applicable for penalties, including for the impounding of vehicles.
The City of Cape Town has repeatedly said the by-laws adhere to national legislation, but Chikunga disagrees and Cabinet seems to feel the same.
Cabinet condemned the taxi strike stressed the conclusion of ongoing negotiations between the SA National Taxi Council and the municipality, Ntshavheni said.
