Payback: Gordhan plays his Zuma card
The state capture inquiry is back with a bang, with Pravin Gordhan’s leaked submission highlighting the ‘profound interest’ Jacob Zuma took in oiling the wheels of high-value deals
In the three months since judge Raymond Zondo began his inquiry into state capture, Jacob Zuma has been conspicuous largely by his absence. In an inquiry that seems set to unravel the former president’s potentially pivotal role in hollowing out the state, his hand has been surprisingly hidden in most of the testimony presented so far. But the affadavit prepared by public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan, like that of former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene before him, put Zuma at the centre of state capture allegations. According to Gordhan — who served under Zuma as finance minister, then co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister, before returning to head the National Treasury — Zuma had taken a "profound interest" in matters that should have been the ordinary, transactional affairs of state; subjects such as due diligence, affordability and feasibility studies. Gordhan has detailed these events in his submission to the inquiry, which was leaked to the media ahead of ...
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