No irregular payments for Anisha Gordhan, says Investec
‘As an employee … she was appointed to the board of directors of various entities in which they had equity interests to manage … the investments’
Investec has confirmed that the daughter of public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan did not receive any irregular payments when she worked for Investec. The company released a statement after the EFF claimed Anisha Gordhan had benefited from “government tenders for consulting and advisory services”. Investec said Anisha was employed in its private equity business from 2007 until the business was incorporated into Investec Equity Partners (IEP) in January 2016. She was an employee of IEP until she left in 2017. “As an employee of the companies‚ she was appointed to the board of directors of various entities in which they had equity interests to manage and oversee the respective investments. “Ms Gordhan was a nonexecutive director and not a direct shareholder in these entities‚ which gave her no direct remuneration or payment‚” Investec said. On Wednesday, in his closing address at the state capture commission‚ Gordhan dismissed claims by EFF leaders that his daughter was a benefic...
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