Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan

De Ruyter did not name the cabinet minister or official but Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan this week said that the former Eskom CEO had spoken to him about criminality at the utility...

Yet Pravin Gordhan minister of public enterprises looks set to continue as the shareholder representative of Eskom and steer its restructuring into three separate entities for generation distribution and transmission...

Cabinet ministers such as public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan trade and industry minister Ebrahim Patel and foreign minister Naledi Pandor are all old Ramaphosa allies but they were not elected on to the NEC so have limited clout in the party...

Mantashe is expected to take over responsibility for Eskom from Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan (Dispatches 23/12/22 Ramaphosa's win in ANC elections opens a door to policy shifts and reshuffles) after Ramaphosa splits the mineral resources and energy portfolio into two...

On 19 January another coalition of political parties (Mmusi Maimane's Build One SA the IFP and UDM) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) launched a civil action led by Mabuza Attorneys against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan demanding there should be no power-cuts without 'procedural fairness' and suspending plans for tariff hikes...

Pandor Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe Defence Minister Thandi Modise Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan are expected to accompany the President on the state visit...

He has been pushing for the utility to be moved from Minister Pravin Gordhan's department of Public Enterprises to Minerals and Energy according to an ANC insider...

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan is expected to implement the changes agreed at the NEC meeting...

In a hastily prepared media briefing that day Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter promised that the lights would be kept on during – and for several days after – the 1 November poll...

Here are the key players in the team: Cabinet Ministerial allies are: Tito Mboweni Finance; Pravin Gordhan Public Enterprises; Ronald Lamola Justice and Correctional Services; Senzo Mchunu Public Service and Administration; Naledi Pandor International Relations and Cooperation; Thokozile Didiza Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development; Barbara Creecy Environment Forestry and Fisheries; Zizi Kodwa Deputy State Security; and Khumbudzo Ntshavheni Small Business Development...

Meanwhile another group – comprising Pravin Gordhan Public Enterprise; Naledi Pandor International Relations and Cooperation; Bheki Cele Police; Gwede Mantashe Minerals and Energy – are heading for retirement either after the ANC elective congress or the 2024 general elections...

Malema accused Pillay of working with former finance minister Pravin Gordhan who he said was trying to 'capture the judiciary'...