Enoch Godongwana says charges against Pravin Gordhan are ‘concocted’
THE ANC’s head of economic transformation Enoch Godongwana has backed Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, saying charges relating to setting up an illicit tax surveillance unit are concocted and politically motivated. Godongwana told ENCA that the investigation into Gordhan was an attempt to remove him from office and weaken the National Treasury. This follows the minister’s moves to probe spending at Eskom and South African Airways (SAA), and to stop start state arms company Denel joining a venture that could give business to a company linked to the Guptas, who are friends with President Jacob Zuma. "I share that view that in fact these charges are being concocted in order to cover all of those things, to find a minister [who] is pliant, [who] is going to accept all those things," Godongwana said in the interview that was broadcast on Wednesday. Gordhan could face arrest by the Hawks over allegations he set up the tax investigative body a decade ago when he headed the South African Re...
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