Pravin Gordhan’s work at Sars was nothing short of revolutionary. He took a system that had for generations been a tool of oppression and transformed it into a cornerstone of democratic governance.

The new biography of Joe Modise, one-time commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC), is welcome. Comrade and Commander fills in a blank about Modise throughout the ANC’s three decades as an underground liberation movement with an armed wing.

South Africa's former Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has died at the age of 75, his family said. The anti-apartheid struggle veteran played a key role in South Africa's transition to democracy and helped negotiate the end of white-minority rule.