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Guptas are attacking me, Gordhan tells Treasury staff─── 07:54 Sat, 27 Aug 2016
Johannesburg - Embattled Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has allegedly told Treasury staff at a meeting that the Guptas are attacking him because of the work the department was doing.
News24 reports that Gordhan also explained to staff that the Hawks had a faulty legal reading of the charges against him and there was no legal basis for their investigation.
Gordhan's staff meeting comes days after it emerged that the Hawks had asked Gordhan, his former deputy at Sars, Ivan Pillay, and four other senior former Sars officials, to provide warning statements.
They were summoned to appear before the Hawks on Thursday morning. In a statement on Wednesday, Gordhan said he had taken legal advice and had no obligation to present himself to the Hawks.
