Minister in the Presidency and head of the National Planning Commission, Trevor Manuel, says he is not in the running for the MD position at the International Monetary Fund.

• No economic qualifications
• Oversaw popular decreases in taxes and increase in social handouts but did nothing for infrastructure, competitiveness or efficiency of our country
• Oversaw the R48bn arms deal (how many schools is that again?)
• Had the benefit of a commodity boom, low inflation (through imported deflation due to currency movements) and didn’t do anything about unemployment

No surprise really, right?