Pravin Gordhan says he is still SA’s finance minister. Gordhan arrived at the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon, where his application for a declaratory order preventing him from intervening in the situation between the banks and Gupta-linked companies, was being heard. When the media asked him if he was still minister, Gordhan replied: “Yes.” He would not answer a question about whether he had resigned. Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas arrived with him but left shortly afterwards. Gordhan’s tenure as finance minister — his second stint in the job — has been under threat since he took over from now Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen in December 2015. Gordhan and President Jacob Zuma’s acrimony has played out on several fronts, and Gordhan has operated under constant threat of arrest or removal. He was subjected to an investigation by the Hawks early in 2016 over an alleged “rogue unit” at SARS, and in October faced the threat of ar...
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