Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will face new charges before the end of the year, the City Press reported on Sunday. The new charges from the Hawks and National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) relate to the establishment of the so-called rogue unit in 2007, when Gordhan was commissioner of the SA Revenue Service (SARS), City Press reported. Two senior Hawks officials and an NPA executive close to the investigation told City Press that Gordhan and his former SARS deputy, Ivan Pillay, will be charged "before Christmas". Earlier this week fraud charges against Gordhan, Pillay and former SARS commissioner Oupa Magashula were withdrawn by the NPA. Hawks spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi questioned the veracity of the report. “How do you charge someone before you have concluded an investigation?” he told Reuters. An NPA spokesman did not respond to a text message and phone call requesting comment. At the same time the Sunday Times reported that the Hawks are pursuing another cabinet minister and t...
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