After 53 years in activism, politics and public life, Pravin Gordhan, former pharmacist and minister, will retire after the May elections. Gordhan is known for his role in exposing State Capture and his departure comes amidst criticism of his leadership style and the state of state-owned enterprises.
After some 53 years in activism, politics and public life, one-time pharmacist, Codesa delegate, tax boss and minister, Pravin Gordhan is calling it quits after the 29 May elections. It’s not a surprise — word in late 2022 was that President Cyril Ramaphosa had persuaded him to stay until the elections.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan is known for the phrase “connecting the dots” regarding State Capture when he linked key leadership appointments in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to state contracts, with billions of rands diverted from the public good into private pockets. At the time, Gordhan sat on the ANC back benches and served in the parliamentary State Capture probe after being fired as finance minister in the March 2017 midnight Cabinet reshuffle. Gordhan’s departure comes at a time of flailing SOEs, including SAA, Eskom and Transnet, with criticism levelled at him for not building institutional capacity and his leadership style slated as micro-management. Less in the public eye was Gordhan’s influence in Jacob Zuma’s 2018 exit from the presidenc
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