The SACP says the public should take serious action to prevent corruption at the Treasury after President Jacob Zuma axed Pravin Gordhan in a late-night cabinet shake-up. This is a strong call to action against Zuma from one of the ANC’s alliance partners, and the ANC itself has said it was not consulted on the full extent of the changes. "Quite clearly South Africans need to take action against the possibility of the looting of the treasury which comrade Pravin Gordhan has done an excellent job (preventing)," the SACP’s second deputy president, Solly Mapaila, said in an interview on 702 Talk Radio. Zuma appointed Malusi Gigaba as finance minister, replacing Gordhan whom he had rehired to the post in December 2015. The SACP was not the only group to call on people to take action, with Save SA, the campaign headed by former businessman and former politician Sipho Pityana, calling on citizens to protest at the Treasury offices on Friday. "This is the only way we can stop the capture o...
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