Former Finance Minister Tito Mboweni dies

JOHANNESBURG – Veteran politician Tito Mboweni died on Saturday aged 65, the government announced.”President Cyril Ramaphosa offers his condolences to the family and friends of Dr Mboweni who passed away following a short illness,” the Presidency said in a statement.”Given his sense of vitality and energetic and affable engagement with fellow South Africans” his passing “at 65 comes as a shock,” Ramaphosa said.The former minister died on Saturday evening surrounded by loved ones, his family said.During the apartheid years, he was in exile in neighbouring Lesotho from 1980 before returning…