Former South Africa minister Pravin Gordhan dies aged 75

Pravin Gordhan (Themba Hadebe/AP)

Pravin Gordhan, who was a South African government minister for many years after beginning his political career opposing apartheid, has died aged 75 from cancer.

Mr Gordhan, a long-time member of the African National Congress party, retired from active politics after the May elections when the ANC lost its parliamentary majority for the first since it came into power in 1994.