Pravin Gordhan has been assessing the bleak economic future of South Africa at today’s #NandosDMGathering, and it’s fair to say he knows who we should be blaming…

Since his unjust sacking back in March as the Finance Minister, Prav has enhanced his glowing reputation even further. When he fell victim to a Jacob Zuma cabinet reshuffle, Gordhan immediately shared his insider knowledge with the world, and he’s been gunning for the state capture architects ever since.

At The Gathering today, he took part in a Q&A session and addressed a packed auditorium. He spoke about the state of the economy, and what needs to change for South Africa to prosper. With this being Pravin Gordhan, he shot straight from the hip, and wasn’t afraid to call out the corrupt activites of SA’s leadership.

Pravin Gordhan goes after South Africa’s top brass

“We need to be frank in our economic assessment. We need to do things differently, under new leadership with new plans across sectors. We need new ideas, and new areas for growth. Current leadership failed us because they’ve been preoccupied with how to fill their own bank accounts. They’ve taken money away from the bottom 50% of South Africans, who are all under the poverty line. None of us can afford to have six million youths wandering around with no possibility of a future. We must all find a way to create ideas to help ease youth unemployment. We must all also acknowledge that we have serious structural problems in society because of our apartheid past. Vast majority of SAs have no assets to their name. With state capture, we are seeing the highest court in the land can being defied. It’s a miracle. But we all sit here powerless. What’s driving this behaviour? Well when we ask for more money for students, more businesses, and for manufacturing, all of that money could come from those resources that are being taken away at the moment. South Africans suffer a great deal because of this. There’s an increasing awareness of what’s now happening, and that’s the best of our democracy. There’s a keen interest in government and state, and I bet, given a chance in 2019, there’ll be dire consequences if the ANC do not change.”

What more can Prav do?

Is Pravin Gordhan doing enough to take on corruption in the ANC? Or should he be taking more direct action against his enemies within? Let us know what you thought of Prav’s speech on our Facebook Comments Section.