PRAVIN GORDHAN
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Civil society, ANC veterans and former United Democratic Front activists have been mobilised against Zuma and the Guptas
Pravin Gordhan is in the crosshairs again. The former finance minister has arguably been the biggest thorn in Jacob Zuma’s side during the president’s decade-long reign over the ANC. Gwede Mantashe, the party’s secretary-general, said at a media briefing after Gordhan’s axing that a news report dubbing the former minister as the country’s de facto prime minister had set him up for a fall. But Zuma’s beef with Gordhan began long before that. After initially using a fake intelligence report to justify removing Gordhan from the helm of the Treasury, Zuma fell back on telling party officials there had been an irretrievable breakdown in relations between the pair. Now Gordhan’s fingerprints can be seen on most of the large initiatives opposing Zuma, from his declaration that he would vote with his conscience in the motion of no confidence against Zuma to his stance against Zuma’s friends and benefactors, the Gupta family.Civil society, ANC veterans and former United Democratic Front acti...
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