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The Gathering (video, session 9): Pravin Gordhan tackles the failures of leadership
The taps may have run dry in Sandton on Thursday 23 November, 2017, but the conversation flowed at Daily Maverick’s The Gathering, held at the convention centre. One of the many stand-out moments was when Pravin Gordhan, the axed finance minister, spoke to STEPHEN GROOTES.
Read our report on the discussion with Gordhan that was published here. DM
Photo: Journalist and commentator Stephen Grootes introduces Pravin Gordhan on stage at The Gathering. Gordhan: ‘The current leadership has failed us. Its preoccupation has been how to fill certain people’s bank accounts, local or foreign, or how to get certain people who might become difficult out of the way… The priority is not you [the public].’ Photo: Daniel Born
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