Alpha Ramushwana13 September 2024 | 11:22

Former minister Pravin Gordhan to be laid to rest in Durban on Thursday

Gordhan died in hospital in the early hours of Friday morning following a short battle with cancer.

Former minister Pravin Gordhan to be laid to rest in Durban on Thursday

The late former minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News

JOHANNESBURG - Former Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan will be laid to rest in Durban on Thursday.

His funeral arrangements were confirmed during a media briefing at the Nelson Mandela House in Johannesburg on Friday.

Gordhan died in hospital in the early hours of Friday morning following a short battle with cancer.

Director of the Ahmed Katrada Foundation, Neeshan Bolton: "It will be an official funeral and it will be followed by a private cremation after the funeral itself. Further details on this will be forthcoming from government and particularly from the Presidency but it is happening in Durban on Thursday."

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