Gordhan oversees state entities including struggling power utility Eskom and logistics firm Transnet, whose poor performances have dragged down economic growth in Africa's most industrialised economy.
An anti-apartheid veteran, he has been in politics since the beginning of South Africa's democracy and previously served as finance minister.
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