South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan declined on Thursday to respond to a question on whether he was confident of the support from his party, the ruling African National Congress (ANC).



"I'm not going to answer that," he told guests at a breakfast meeting hosted by media outlet Fin24.



Gordhan is facing charges that, while running the tax agency, he fraudulently approved early retirement for a deputy commissioner and re-hired him as a consultant, costing the tax agency about 1.1 million rand ($79,000).