Looking back, it’s clear that the bogeyman myth surrounding public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan began with former president Jacob Zuma.

It was Zuma who appointed Gordhan as finance minister in 2009. Then, after the 2014 elections, Zuma moved Gordhan to the ministry of co-operative governance & traditional affairs, appointing Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister...

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