Johannesburg - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has been ordered to report to the "Hawks" by Thursday over allegations relating to a rogue tax unit, the Daily Maverick online news service reported on Tuesday.



The rand fell nearly 3% after the story was published and was 2% weaker by 16:29 GMT

The elite Hawks police division is investigating a tax surveillance unit within the South African Revenue Service (Sars) set up in 2007 when Gordhan was the commissioner of the revenue authority.

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