Hawks vs Gordhan battle for the Purse of South Africa
16 March 2016
The battle lines are drawn, and the lines are very clear.
On the surface it would seem like it's a battle between Pravin Gordhan and the Hawks.
In my opinion the Hawks are fighting a proxy war. They have been unleashed on Pravin to discredit him to prove that he is not the best person for the Finance Minister job.
Pravin Gordhan was reappointed under duress, reluctantly, by President Jacob Zuma in December 2015, after JZ was convinced, against his will, that JZ (and the Guptas) choice, Des Van Rooyen, wasn't suitable for the position of Finance Minister.