Kathrada and Hogan in solidarity with Gordhan
26 August 2016
Anti-apartheid struggle veterans Ahmed Kathrada and Barbara Hogan have expressed their support for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
The two veterans today penned a letter to Gordhan, whom they addressed as “Friend, Comrade and Freedom Fighter”.
This follows news this week of Gordhan being instructed to appear before the Hawks, and his subsequent refusal to do so.
Kathrada and Hogan indicated that they, like countless South Africans, have been following “with interest and increasing anxiety, the undisguised campaign against you (Gordhan), both as Minister and as an individual. Of significance is, putting it mildly, the not-too-glorious background of your main accusers. They can never succeed in hiding this.”