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South Africa says no swearing in of new finance minister Gordhan


    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's newly appointed finance minister will not be sworn in on Monday because he is already a minister, the office of President Jacob Zuma said.

    Zuma named Pravin Gordhan, current minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs, as new finance chief on Sunday in a dramatic U-turn that gave South Africa its third minister in a week.

    (Reporting by James Macharia; Writing by Tiisetso Motsoeneng; Editing by Marius Bosch)