WATCH: SACP confirms Zuma wants to fire Gordhan

The SACP is addressing the media on a possible cabinet reshuffle, with particular focus on Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

The ANC's top six officials will meet with President Jacob Zuma in the coming days over his intention to sack Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, says a person with knowledge of the matter.

Zuma told the top six leaders in a meeting on Monday that he wanted to dismiss Gordhan because he was aiming to undermine the president in meetings with investors while on a roadshow in the UK and US, the person with knowledge of what happened at the gathering said. Zuma had ordered Gordhan to cancel the roadshow and return home from London, causing the rand to plummet.