President Cyril Ramaphosa may have missed a political trick when he appointed his Cabinet after the May 8 elections. He could have moved Pravin Gordhan to a more strategic role, such as the head of a state owned-companies council. That would have saved Gordhan from much of the weapons now trained on him -- from the so-called advocate with a misfiring scattergun to the Gucci Teletubbies. Hindsight is such a wonderful tool, isn't it?
The anti-Gordhan brigade is smelling blood as the man who helped rescue Ramaphosa's political ambitions not so long ago is dangling tenuously on the prickly mess that is Public Enterprises -- with no visible defence or support coming from his boss and colleagues.
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