

Jordan Griffiths
Jordan Griffiths is the Private Secretary of and Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Finance, Ashor Sarupen, and former Chief of Staff in the City of Tshwane. Before joining the Mayor's Office, Griffiths was a city councillor, having been elected in the 2016 poll. He has previously worked in the media research, analytics and strategy industry, and has a Master’s in security studies, with a focus on cyber security.
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Smaller parties in the GNU are mere pawns to the ANC
- By Jordan Griffiths
- . Apr 12, 2025
The recent approval of the Fiscal Framework and the VAT hike through Parliament, which underpins core aspects of the budget, has highlighted how smaller parties

Trump’s tariffs – helping or hurting the US?
- By Jordan Griffiths
- . Mar 30, 2025
There has been a continuous stream of engagement on the tariff regime being implemented by the Trump administration, much of it negative. Many commentators made

A House divided – what now for the budget?
- By Jordan Griffiths
- . Mar 20, 2025
With the Minister of Finance having delivered the Budget Speech last week and various political parties indicating that they will not support the budget, the

Save Gauteng, fire Lesufi
- By Jordan Griffiths
- . Mar 8, 2025
There has been no greater wrecking ball to the province of Gauteng than Premier Panyaza Lesufi, who has systematically overseen its collapse across not only

Trump’s appeasement policy on Russia could be spectacular failure
- By Jordan Griffiths
- . Mar 4, 2025
History does not reflect well on Neville Chamberlain the British Prime Minister who served from May 1937 until October 1940. His legacy in government is

Forget tax increases – focus on energy, rail and ports to kick-start economy
- By Jordan Griffiths
- . Mar 1, 2025
Energy. Freight. Ports. If there are three things that you take away from reading this, it must be these. They are the key to unlocking

DA wins first battle in the war on NHI
- By Jordan Griffiths
- . Feb 14, 2025
The Democratic Alliance has managed to achieve one of its most significant wins in the Government of National Unity, as the African National Congress has

Trump’s shock-and-awe approach … is working
- By Jordan Griffiths
- . Feb 8, 2025
In the last few weeks since his inauguration President Donald Trump has actively bulldozed through various significant policies driving fundamental change in the way in

The AI wars are upon us
- By Jordan Griffiths
- . Jan 30, 2025
“I will not risk open war.” “Open war is upon you, whether you would risk it or not.” Aragorn in his response to King Theoden

WEF, Davos: Unfortunately, the world is no longer interested
- By Jordan Griffiths
- . Jan 24, 2025
Consider for a moment those cherished memories of a place you once visited and where you remember having a great time. All your friends were