Mkhwebane made this finding concerning Absa on its role in the purchase of Bankorp in 1992.

In January‚ a leaked provisional report from the Public Protector’s office recommended that Absa pay R2.25-billion to the fiscus for an unlawful apartheid-era bank bailout.

However‚ Bruce said he tries by all means to be factual and selective in his opinion pieces.

"When I write‚ I try to write reasonably and constructively about things that affect our country and I'm not going to stop because of this demonstration. I am not threatened at all but I think some of my neighbours and my wife too might be‚" said Bruce.

He said he had no doubt that the protest could be linked to an opinion piece in Business Day on Thursday in which he wrote that he was targeted by the Gupta family for writing critical articles about them.

Bruce is editor-at-large at Tiso Blackstar Group‚ formerly Times Media‚ which owns TimesLIVE.