Cape Town - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, who is facing an investigation by police that the opposition has called a “witch-hunt”, said on Thursday that whether he remained in office was up to President Jacob Zuma.
Gordhan, who was responding to a question at an event in Cape Town on his tenure as finance minister, said that cabinet appointments were at the behest of Zuma.
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“If required to deliver the budget in February, I will be willing to do that,” he said, referring the country's annual budget speech delivered by the finance minister.
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Police are investigating Gordhan over the activities of a surveillance unit set up years ago when he headed the tax service - a probe that has rocked markets and raised concerns over a possible sovereign credit downgrade this year.
REUTERS