Pravin Gordhan, the founding commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), twice finance minister and the face of the resistance against the Zuma and Gupta-led project of state capture, has died.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is deeply saddened by the passing of lifelong activist and former Minister of Public Enterprises Mr Pravin Gordhan , who has passed away at the age of 75, following a period of illness.
"Pravin Gordhan’s personal sacrifices and his endeavours and achievements in various sectors of our society endowed him with the insights, empathy and resilience that fuelled his service to the nation. Africa says that because of Gordhan and Zuma’s shared history in the struggle, it was painful for Gordhan to witness Zuma’s descent into moral bankruptcy.
The too-long-didn't-read version of those political obituaries paints him as one of the few who opposed state capture and protected the state's resources from his liberation comrades – namely, former president Jacob Zuma.Pravin Gordhan, the founding commissioner of the South African Revenue Service , twice finance minister and the face of the resistance against the Zuma and Gupta-led project of state capture, died on Friday morning.
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