Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan did not entertain any questions on Tuesday relating to the African National Congress National Executive Committee (NEC) at which President Jacob Zuma’s leadership was a hot topic.

As he was about to take questions following a breakfast session he hosted ahead of the World Economic Forum taking place in Davos in January‚ Gordhan warned the media that the briefing had nothing to do with the ANC.

“Let me remind you at the beginning‚ this is not an ANC press conference. It’s scheduled for 2pm.

“In as much as you want us to be disciplined‚ please be disciplined. This is a press conference about work and Team South Africa that is going to work and the economic story that we need to explain and put forward as team South Africa.”

Some Journalists‚ however‚ did not seem to have gotten Gordhan’s message.

“You mentioned the importance of responsible leadership and integrity and I just want to know if you supported the motion of no confidence against President Zuma‚” one journalist asked.

Gordhan responded: “Ma’am‚ I’m gonna rule you out of order. Please behave yourself. I made that rule very clear in the beginning. It’s either we hear each other and co-operate in the right way‚ or we are going to be mischievous. Please don’t do that”.