Pravin Gordhan and his wife Vanitha Raju and has a beautiful daughter Anisha Gordhan who worked as a Board Of Directors of Investec.
Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan was politician and anti-apartheid activist who has served in the South African Cabinet as a number of ministers.
Highlights
- From 2007 until January 2016, when Investec Equity Partners (IEP) acquired the company, Anisha Gordhan worked for Investec’s private equity division.
- The accusations about his daughter, according to Gordhan, are a blatant lie.
- Pravin Gordhan’s family has requested privacy following his passing at the age of 75.
Similarly, after joining the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and winning election to the executive council, Gordhan’s political career took off in the early 1970s.
Moreover, he was Minister of Public Enterprises from February 2018 to June 2024.
Throughout his career, he has made major contributions to South African politics, mostly in the fields of public enterprises and finance.
Pravin Gordan Has A Daughter With His Wife Vanitha Raju
Pravin Gordhan was married to Vanitha Raju, and they have a daughter named Anisha.
Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, filed two against his daughter, Anisha Gordhan, in 2018.
Moreover, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) made the accusations in a public statement.
The EFF will expose all the dealings of Anisha Gordhan, and demonstrate that like Duduzane Zuma, she used her father’s proximity to score state tenders, except she did not work with the Guptas, she worked with those who benefited from apartheid.
Economic Freedom Fighters
EFF leaders had claimed that Gordhan’s daughter benefited from state contracts, but he rejected their allegations.
He denied that his daughter had private shares or directorships in the companies the EFF had identified.
It’s not her money. Their job is to look after the money of the bank and the investors.
Pravin Gordhan
According to Gordhan, Anisha neither owned nor benefited financially from company shares.
Anisha Gordhan (Pravin's Daughter) got billions from government tenders through VOX telecoms and supplied SOE PetroSA with fuel but Celebrity Judge Zondo saw no need to recommend an investigation and persecution on his state capture report, funny!!!🤔 pic.twitter.com/kOLlHb23mg
— The Special one🇿🇦 (@Nhleiks5) November 15, 2022
He also added that the bank, other investors, and the staff of these businesses received any money earned.
His claim that Anisha took advantage of their connection to obtain government contracts was untrue.
“The allegation of using the relationship with myself to get access to government tenders to benefit these companies is a blatant lie. These dangerous and unfounded allegations have been made to intimidate and harass my family and myself‚”
Pravin Gordhan
According to Gordhan, his daughter held all of her directorships on behalf of her employer rather than in her capacity.
Also, the company revealed that the daughter of public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan did not receive any irregular payments during her employment with Investec.
According to the company, Anisha was an employee at its private equity firm from 2007 until January 2016, when Investec Equity Partners (IEP) acquired the firm.
As an employee of the companies, she was appointed to the board of directors of various entities in which they had equity interests to manage and oversee the respective investments. Ms Gordhan was a non-executive director and not a direct shareholder in these entities, which gave her no direct remuneration or payment,
Investec
Up until 2017, Anisha Gordhan worked with IEP.
Pravin Gordhan’s Family Seeks Privacy Following His Hospital Admission
According to his family, the former minister of public enterprises was recently admitted to the hospital.
The family of the former minister released a brief statement on Tuesday night stating that,
He was getting “the best available medical care.”
Unfortunately, Pravin recently passed away at the age of 75. In addition, the family has requested privacy during this difficult time.
JUST IN: Former Minister Pravin Gordhan has passed away. He was 75 years old. "Mr Gordhan passed away peacefully in hospital surrounded by his family and his lifelong Comrades of the liberation struggle in the early hours of this morning," a statement from the family reads. Our… pic.twitter.com/AK4LMLr4eN
— Carte Blanche (@carteblanchetv) September 13, 2024
The family announced on September 13, 2024, that he was “surrounded by his family, closest friends, and his lifelong comrades in the liberation struggle” when he passed away in the early hours this morning.
Additional Information
- Pravin Gordhan was born on 12 April 1949, in Durban.
- Gordhan earned a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Durban-Westville.
- Pravin Gordhan has amassed an estimated net worth of $5.99 Million.
