PICTURE: RUSSELL ROBERTS South Africa is in trouble. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has made a desperate appeal “to all South Africans to protect the National Treasury staff, who have diligently, honestly and skilfully served the national interest”.Gordhan made the call following news that the Hawks are about to arrest him. If you were to ask ordinary South Africans what crime has Gordhan committed, it would be difficult to tell.Most South Africans are in fact wondering why the Hawks are not arresting Jacob Zuma, given that the courts have found that the dropping of the 783 counts he faced before he became president was irrational.Allegations have long been in the air that Zuma and his friends, the Guptas, want Gordhan out of Treasury so they can loot our money.The threat to arrest Gordhan suggests that while the Guptas may have left South Africa for Dubai, they continue to use Zuma to destabilise our state.Under ordinary circumstances, a minister under pressure from criminals woul...
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