IOL News reports that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has indicated he will be retiring from politics after the general elections.

This came after as the African National Congress (ANC) held a special National Executive Committee (NEC) to finalise its list of candidates to serve in Parliament and provincial legislatures. Gordhan refused nomination to serve in the NEC at the last ANC conference in Nasrec in December 2022. The minister has been in government since 2009 when he was appointed finance minister by then president Jacob Zuma. He later had a fallout with Zuma after he axed him from his cabinet. President Cyril Ramaphosa brought Gordhan back when he appointed him public enterprises minister  In the past few months Gordhan has a had a run-in with members of the portfolio committee on public enterprises over the sale of SA Airways (SAA) to the Takatso consortium. The deal was shrouded in secrecy after former Director-General Kgathatso Tlhakudi accused Gordhan of corruption in the deal.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siyabonga Mkhwanazi at IOL News
• See too, Pravin Gordhan to retire after elections, at Moneyweb

Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page