Charges dropped against SA’s Gordhan
Gordhan, right, seen here with IMF chief Christine Lagarde, has always said that the charges against him were politically motivated [Xinhua]
South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has withdrawn fraud charges against South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan
NPA head Shaun Abrahams said that Gordhan “did not have the requisite intention to act unlawfully,” in the case of alleged severance payments made to two senior executives at the South African Revenue Service while it was under the finance minister’s tutelage a decade ago.