Shaun Abrahams

National director of public prosecutions Shaun Abrahams will have to explain to Parliament his decision to charge and later drop fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Abrahams will appear before Parliament’s portfolio committee on justice and correctional services to which the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) accounts tomorrow morning. The committee has called for an …

State prosecutor Shaun Abrahams said on Sunday he has yet to decide whether to proceed with fraud charges against finance minister Pravin Gordhan, denying a newspaper report that the charges may be dropped after a review. Gordhan is accused of fraudulently approving, in a previous post as head of the South African Revenue Service (Sars), …