Pravin Gordhan: ‘My dad was a hero to his country and family’ [VIDEO]

Pravin Gordhan died in hospital in the early hours of Friday morning following a short battle with cancer.

Gordhan remembered as a “deeply private person” and paternal figure who oozed kindness.Gordhan died in hospitalAnti-apartheid struggle veteran Pravin Gordhan's daughter Priyesha said the family are shattered by his death. Gordhan died in hospital in the early hours of Friday morning following a short battle with cancer.

“There are five stages of grief, and I think we are still very firmly in denial. This happened very quickly. My dad was a hero to the country, but he was a hero to his family, and he was our anchor. So finding a new reality without him is going to be very difficult.“As a father, he was my best friend. We were incredibly close to my mother, that’s her soul mate, that’s her comrade, that’s her life partner.

“He was deeply private, but he genuinely loved his family so much. We live very humble, very quiet lives, and that’s a testament to who he was and that’s how we will continue to live, Priyesha said.Pravin Gordhan’s funeral to take place on Thursday in Durban

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