Tribute mboweni biography of william
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Tributes for Mboweni
Tributes have poured in for former finance minister Tito Mboweni, with the ANC saying his life was one of “dedication, and selfless service sacrifice for the people of South Africa”.
President Cyril Ramaphosa and the SA Reserve Bank also expressed deep sadness at Mboweni's death.
Mboweni died on Saturday night after a short illness, his family said in a statement.
He was 65 years old.
While many younger people on social media remembered Mboweni for his garlic-fuelled, pilchard or/and chicken meals, he was the first labour minister for a democratic South Africa after he was appointed to Cabinet by former president Nelson Mandela in 1994.
In 1999, he would be appointed as the first black Reserve Bank Governor, a post he held for 10 years until 2009.
He would hold various positions in the private sector, before he returned as Finance Minister between October 2018 and 2021.
This after former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene was forced to resign under a