Johannesburg: Pravin Gordhan, a prominent South African political figure who spent years in government and played a key role in the fight against apartheid, has passed away at the age of 75. Gordhan had been battling cancer.

Pravin Gordhan, who held three positions in South Africa’s cabinet and won plaudits for standing up to Jacob Zuma during his scandal-marred presidency, has died. He was 75. Most Read from BloombergHousing’s Worst Crisis in Decades Reverberates Through 2024 RaceUS Driving and Congestion Rates Are Higher Than EverAn Affordable Nomadic Home Design Struggles to Adapt to Urban LifeFrom Louisville,

Gordhan took his strategic political orientation and deep commitment to non-racialism into the Convention for a Democratic South Africa, the post-apartheid parliament, the South African Revenue Service, into Cabinet and into his fight against state capture.