Gordhan passed away on Friday at the age of 75 after being hospitalised on Tuesday.
CAPE TOWN - Pravin Gordhan served as a minister during the state capture years. But he will also be remembered for being among those who pushed back against its architects.A pharmacist by profession, in the political arena, Pravin Gordhan was best known for leading key finance-related portfolios in government, starting at the tax office.
On the eve of preparing to deliver a budget address in Parliament, the Hawks pounced on him, probing the alleged rogue unit established within the revenue service in 2007. Relegated to the parliamentary backbenchers, Gordhan rallied those within the party to rail against the plundering of state resources, and he used various public platforms to encourage South Africans to"join the dots" about what was happening in the political realm.
"I was supposed to be killed in the apartheid years, not a democratic era. What’s this kind of thing happening? No answer. But that was the beginning of 15 months of hell."
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