Court will throw out Gordhan case, says former NPA boss

Former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Mxolisi Nxasana says the fraud charges levelled against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and two other former South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials will be thrown out in court.

NPA head Shaun Abrahams announced on Tuesday that Gordhan, Oupa Magashula and Ivan Pillay had been summonsed to appear in court on November 2 to face charges of fraud.

This related to Pillay’s early retirement as deputy commissioner of SARS and his subsequent rehiring.

Nxasana said the charges against the three had vindicated his view that Abrahams "is not his own man but was manipulated by outside people when taking crucial decisions".

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