Rumours about new Finance Minister as Mboweni looks set to go

As President Cyril Ramaphosa announces his new, reshuffled Cabinet on Thursday night, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will almost certainly be a casualty.

Fin24 understands from sources close to the Cabinet reshuffle that the ANC's alliance partners, Cosatu and the SACP, were adamant that Mboweni had to go.

Mboweni's political capital has all but been expended, as his hard line on keeping government spending