The Pravin Gordhan Summons: No Room for Error
11 October 2016
We note that the Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, has been summoned to appear before the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on 2 November 2016 to face two charges:
1. A charge of fraud, or alternatively a charge of theft, in relation to a payment to Ivan Pillay in respect of Mr Pillay’s early retirement
2. A charge of fraud in respect of a four year contract for the further employment of Mr Pillay.
Mr Pillay and Mr Oupa Magashula, former Head of SARS, are accused of the same or similar charges in the same case.