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Hon. Sindisiwe Chikung
Minister of Transport, Republic of South Africa
Honourable Parks Tau
Current Position:
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
National Executive Committee (NEC) Member of the African National Congress (ANC)
Mr Parks Franklyn Mpho Tau is the former Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. He is also a former Member of the Executive Council (MEC) responsible for the Department of Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture & Rural Development in the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG). He is also a former Provincial Treasurer of the ANC in Gauteng and former Chairperson of the Gauteng legislature portfolio committee on Finance.
Minister Tau has completed studies in Public Management from Regenesys Business School, and holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy & Management from the University of London.
Historical Reflection:
Minister Parks Tau is a seasoned local government practitioner and is a former Councillor in the Johannesburg Metro. In the year 2000, Minister Tau was appointed as Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Development Planning, Transportation, and Environment. From 2003 to 2011 Tau served as MMC of the Finance & Economic Development portfolio in the City of Johannesburg. Minister Tau was elected as the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg where he served from 2011 until 2016. He was the second democratically elected Mayor after Mr Amos Masondo.
Fifi Peters
Fifi Peters is an Award-winning Financial Journalist and Broadcaster. She is a Senior Anchor at CNBC Africa and Host of the SAfm Market Update, with Moneyweb.
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Fifi has worked in some of the most reputable financial newsrooms in South Africa including the Business Day and Financial Mail.
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An economist at heart, Fifi obtained her BA Degree in Economics & Journalism from Rhodes University in 2010.
She also holds certificates in Finance, Law and Media from the SA Institute of Financial Markets (SAIFM), the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), respectively.
As a conference facilitator and MC, Fifi has moderated discussions for government entities and private sector companies in Africa as well as multilateral institutions including the United Nations.
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Fifi has also facilitated discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
And we are honoured to have Fifi for the second time in a row, as our Absa Beyond the Budget panel discussion moderator