JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Pravin Gordhan, who was a South African government minister for many years after beginning his political career opposing apartheid, died Friday.
A political activist from his teenage years, Gordhan joined the struggle against the racist and oppressive system of apartheid and joined the ANC's underground structures in the 1980s.
His last position in government was as the minister of public enterprises from 2018 to 2024 in charge of state-owned enterprises.
He served two terms as finance minister from 2009 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2017.
From 1999 to 2009, Gordhan was the head of the South Africa Revenue Services, which he was credited with transforming into a world-class tax and customs service.

Pravin Gordhan, a South African government minister who was activist against apartheid, dies at 75