He died early on Friday in hospital after 'a short, courageous battle with cancer', his family says.
The veteran cabinet minister had been active in the struggle against apartheid since the early 1970sThe anti-apartheid struggle veteran played a key role in South Africa's transition to democracy and helped negotiate the end of white-minority rule.
It added that he was "surrounded by his family, closest friends and his lifelong comrades in the liberation struggle when he passed away in the early hours this morning". He had a second 16-month stint as finance minister from December 2015 after a debacle when President Jacob Zuma appointed the relatively unknown David van Rooyen to the post and sacked him four days later.
As finance minister, he was seen as a competent safe pair of hands, who encouraged stability and discipline at the treasury. In 2016, Gordhan was charged with fraud but the charges were later dropped. He then described the allegations as politically motivated.
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