Gordhan should step down - Holomisa
11 October 2016
Johannesburg - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan should step down while he is fighting the fraud charges against him, United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa said.
The NPA announced on Tuesday that the charges related to a pension paid out to former deputy commissioner at Sars, Ivan Pillay. The matter is due before court on November 2.
Holomisa said Gordhan should step down for the stability of the country’s economy. He said a portfolio as crucial as finance should not be run by someone under a cloud.
"Personally, I would step down. When you deal with a politician accused of wrong doing, you don’t have to prove beyond reasonable doubt. [The] balance of probabilities is sufficient to ask that person to go home in interest of country office he occupies," Holomisa said.