Fellow activists Ravi Pillay, Ela Gandhi and Logie Naidoo pay tribute to their friend and comrade.
Pravin Gordhan. Picture: David RitchiePolitical activists and friends will remember anti-apartheid activist Pravin Gordhan as"the personification of selfless service" and as a man having"great courage and an unshakeable political integrity".
"In a distinguished career, from March 1999 to 2009, he was the Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service and transformed SARS into a world-class tax and customs administration. Fellow activists, and friends, paid tribute to Gordhan, recalling working alongside him and remembering him as someone who"strived for excellence"."I first met Pravin Gordhan around 1979. It was a time when workshops for young activists were organised even on Christmas day. That was the level of commitment, determination and discipline.
"His message was crystal clear:"It is time for a reset!' and"We must rework a progressive political culture and assert the Congress values of ethical leadership, non-racialism, selfless service and economic justice." "This contribution traverses his days as a student, a young activist and then leader of the Natal Indian Congress, builder of civic movements, leading in the UDF, in the ANC underground and Operation Vula, in the Codesa negotiations and member of our first democratic parliament.
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