Presidency says it will approach top court on ruling about Zuma’s Gordhan firing
President Cyril Ramaphosa will fight a court ruling that ordered his predecessor Jacob Zuma to provide the reasons that led to his decision to fire Pravin Gordhan as finance minister. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko has confirmed that Ramaphosa will approach the Constitutional Court to appeal the ruling‚ which is linked to an aborted DA bid to challenge Zuma’s rationality in axing Gordhan. Key to that decision was a so-called fake intelligence report‚ which Zuma reportedly used to accuse Gordhan of treason and justify his removal. That report was disowned by the state security ministry. While not examining whether that report was real or not‚ both the High Court and the Appeal Courts found that the Presidency should provide a record of what material and inputs led to Zuma’s decision on Gordhan — but they were careful not to comment on the DA’s prospects of successfully fighting a Cabinet reshuffle in court. Diko had previously said that Ramaphosa was concerned about the possib...
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