Pravin Gordhan, who was a South African government minister for many years after beginning his political career opposing apartheid, has died

Gordhan took his strategic political orientation and deep commitment to non-racialism into the Convention for a Democratic South Africa, the post-apartheid parliament, the South African Revenue Service, into Cabinet and into his fight against state capture.

Gordhan is also remembered for his efforts in fighting what South Africans called "state capture" by private interests under former president Jacob Zuma. He had repeatedly warned about state corruption during his tenure as finance minister.