Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan

He also claimed that he had sacked Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to bring younger blood into government...

The association had done massive reputational damage to Bell Pottinger: a report circulating in the South African media purported to have been produced by the company referred to close links with the Gupta and the Zuma families its attempts to denigrate Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and its use of social media accounts fake bloggers and false print titles in an attempt to divert attention away from the 355-page 'State capture' report published by the then Public Protector Thuli Madonsela in November...

His predecessor Pravin Gordhan had been on an investment 'road trip' when he was yanked back to South Africa and replaced by Gigaba (AC Vol 58 No 7 Omens and portents)...

Zuma blamed her for not overcoming regulatory hurdles but most had in fact been put up by the now dismissed Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and the Treasury (AC Vol 58 No 8 Zuma's edifice starts to wobble)...

Pro-democracy forces brought tens of thousands of protestors into South Africa's streets last week following President Jacob Zuma's ousting of Pravin Gordhan from the Finance Ministry and his replacement with Malusi Gigaba...

The furore over the sudden recall from overseas and sacking of the internationally respected Pravin Gordhan and the appointment of the inexperienced Gigaba in his place hit the rand and investors' confidence hard...

Only the beleaguered judiciary and Pravin Gordhan's fiscal management stand between South Africa and economic doom...

The South African Communist Party intends to withdraw its members from President Jacob Zuma's cabinet if he goes through with the sacking of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan party sources have told Africa Confidential...

The claim is that if that happens Zuma will lay the blame at the door of the Treasury controlled by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and that will finally give him an excuse to sack Gordhan as he has long desired...

President Jacob Zuma has become increasingly irritated with his respected Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan who was widely praised after presenting a balanced budget on 22 February amidst trying economic circumstances (AC Vol 58 No 4 The state of Jacob Zuma's presidency)...