South Africa’s Gordhan Undeterred by Talk of Arrest, Beeld Says

South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is aware of plans to arrest him and won’t be intimidated by a network that’s trying to thwart his efforts to end government corruption, Beeld reported, citing five people in the National Treasury and the central bank.

The office of President Jacob Zuma on Sunday denied that the minister would be arrested or replaced, refuting a report in the Johannesburg-based Sunday Times newspaper that said a special police unit called the Hawks had sent to prosecutors the docket of its probe into Gordhan. The unit is investigating Gordhan and eight other former officials over their alleged involvement in a special agency set up within the national revenue service.