Cabinet ‘unanimous’ in support of Gordhan

Cabinet has affirmed its support for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan who is facing fraud charges, saying that under Section 35 of the Constitution, Gordhan is innocent until proven otherwise by a court of law.

In the meantime President Jacob Zuma has included Gordhan and three other ministers – Lindiwe Sisulu, Faith Muthambi and Bathabile Dlamini to the inter-ministerial task team that is tasked with “normalising the situation at higher education institutions across South Africa”.

Zuma was criticised for leaving Gordhan out of the team.