Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan

A statistician Fuzile spent two decades at the Treasury rising to Director-General after being promoted by then Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan before returning to the private sector in 2018 (AC Vol 57 No 25 The numbers game next year)...

A former deputy minister of local government he was close to the late Pravin Gordhan and worked in Ramaphosa's Luthuli House office at the ANC headquarters...

The omnibus Department of Public Works led by Minister Pravin Gordhan has been abolished...

Staunch Ramaphosa allies such as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana his deputy David Masondo Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan and Justice Minister Ronald Lamola still hold sway in the ANC executive but it is a delicate balance which shifts according to the issues analysts say...

Eskom's near-term prospects have been hit by the delay in appointing a permanent replacement for former chief executive André de Ruyter although Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan claims one will be chosen by December (AC Vol 64 No 5 Energy plan riles ANC factions and vested interests)...

According to an insider Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan's decision to reject the Eskom board's recommendation for a new CEO was because Mantashe would not support its choice...

He is pushing boundaries publicly criticising Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and cabinet ministers...

We hear he now faces push-back from figures such as Pravin Gordhan and the powerful Gwede Mantashe who are protecting their departments (AC Vol 64 No 5 Energy plan riles ANC factions and vested interests)...

That looks like wishful thinking as powers previously wielded by Mantashe's department and Pravin Gordhan's Public Enterprises Department are due to be transferred to the new electricity department which will operate in the presidency under Ramaphosa's control...

Ramaphosa's close allies Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan held on to their portfolios as did Police Minister Bheki Cele despite his serial failures to control the wave of organised crime that is sweeping the country undermining the economy and breaking up infrastructure...