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ANC welcomes Ramaphosa’s Cabinet reshuffle

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The ANC has welcome president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to reshuffle his cabinet. Ramaphosa made the announcement of his new cabinet on Monday evening at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

“As the ANC, we particularly commend the President for having exercised this prerogative in consultation with the National Officials of the ANC and our Alliance Partners. Undoubtedly, this act of giving due regard to the resolutions of the African National Congress, in the exercise of the prerogative bestowed upon the President, lays a strong foundation for greater alignment and cooperation between the ANC and its cadres deployed in government,” said the ANC in the statement.
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The EFF rejects Ramaphosa’s Cabinet reshuffle

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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet reshuffle, saying it was a realignment of corrupt and “delinquent” ministers.

In a statement, EFF national spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said the changes were not in the best interests of South Africans.

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Cabinet reshuffle: A new dawn in the economic cluster

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Less than two weeks after he hinted that change was coming, President Cyril Ramaphosa made sweeping changes to his cabinet, including the return of Nhlanhla Nene as the finance minister.

Other major changes to key economic portfolios include the appointment of Pravin Gordhan to the ministry of public enterprises to replace Lynne Brown; the appointment of ANC chairperson,
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Parliament to decide on expropriation without compensation

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Cape Town – On Tuesday, the National Assembly will decide whether to proceed with a process to amend the Constitution to make expropriation of land without compensation possible, as the EFF’s motion in this regard is expected to be debated.

The draft resolution, brought by Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, states that “South Africa has a unique history of brutal dispossession of land from black people by the settler colonial white minority” and continues that this has left an “indelible mark on social, political and economic landscape of the country, and has helped create a society based on exploitation of black people and sustenance of white domination”.
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New deputy president, finance minister announced in major Cabinet reshuffle

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ANC deputy president David Mabuza will be the next deputy president of South Africa once he is sworn in as an MP. In a televised address to the nation on Monday evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced major changes to Cabinet, signalling a reversal of some of former president Jacob Zuma’s most controversial Cabinet appointments.

Ramaphosa also announced that Nhlanhla Nene would be appointed as new finance minister, once he had been sworn in as an MP. Zuma fired Nene in December 2015 and replaced him with Van Rooyen,
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Naledi Pandor has been appointed to the role of Higher Education Minister, after serving four years as the South African Minister of Science and Technology.

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Pandor was Ramaphosa’s top pick to be his Deputy President when he ran for the ANC leadership last year. However, party support never mobilised for her, and the position eventually went to David Mabuza. Now, she has brand new responsibilities ahead of her, as a key member of Ramaphosa’s cabinet.

Mrs Pandor has usually gone about her business quietly, so you’d be forgiven for not knowing much about her. So here are five quick facts that bring you right up to date with the new Minister of Higher Education Minister.
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Fikile Mbalula confirms he’s been fired as minister of police

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Fikile Mbalula confirms he's been fired as minister of police

Though he’s no longer the minister of police, he will always be the Chief Minister of Twitter.

Amid all the build-up to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet reshuffle announcment, Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula already accepted he’d been fired.
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Parliament – Former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba may not have to appear before Parliament to answer questions on having waived requirements in the naturalisation of the Guptas.

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Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba

On Monday, home affairs portfolio committee chairperson Lemias Mashile said there may also be no need for an in-depth inquiry into the saga.

“If he refused or claimed to have been misled, it is then we would have held an inquiry and established who was responsible for what.
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Guess who’s back? Nhlanhla Nene has returned to the hot seat as South Africa’s Finance Minister, just two years and two months after he was unceremoniously dumped by Jacob Zuma.

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he True Reason behind the sacking of Gordan and what will happen next

President Jacob Zuma issued a statement removing Nene from his post in December 2015, but the presidential address did not clearly outline the reasons behind Nene’s dismissal. He replaces Malusi Gigaba, who has moved on to Home Affairs.

Yet here he is, having the last laugh as he and JZ cross paths through the ANC’s revolving doors. We wanted to learn a bit more about him, and see what kind of politician we are getting back in cabinet
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President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday threw out a few rotten eggs from his Cabinet basket.

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Co-operative Governance Minister Des van Rooyen

Some of the ministers who got the chop have dark clouds hanging over their tenure, with allegations of tender fraud, rampant corruption, dodgy dealings and state capture blackening their names.

These are four of the worst ministers from Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet that South Africa probably will not miss:
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“New deputy president is a fatal compromise”: says DA leader

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PRETORIA – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to name African National Congress (ANC) deputy president David Mabuza as the country’s deputy in a late night Cabinet reshuffle on Monday, is a “fatal compromise” the Democratic Alliance said.

“Tonight we saw the fatal compromise Cyril Ramaphosa made at Nasrec exposed for all to see, as David Mabuza will be sworn in as the deputy president of South Africa,” DA leader Mmusi Maimane said.
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Who is David Mabuza?

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In 2005, Mabuza was elected as deputy chairperson of the ANC in the province, which culminated in him being elected as chairperson in 2008. 

In the run-up to the ANC’s 2007 elective conference, Mabuza played a key role in Jacob Zuma’s rise to presidency. He was part of a group of provincial leaders called the “Premier League” who were staunch supporters of Zuma.
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New Cabinet who is in, who is out?

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JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his new Cabinet at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Monday night.

Deputy President:
David Mabuza
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Shaun Abrahams sets deadline to communicate Zuma decision

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Cape Town – The National Director of Public Prosecutions will confirm his decision relating to the corruption charges against Jacob Zuma to the lawyers of the former president and the affected parties by March 15, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday.

Spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku said the State attorney’s office has written to the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) confirming Shaun Abrahams had reached a decision and would be communicating this by the cut-off date, less than three weeks away.
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Gauteng was leading the revitalisation of the township economies

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Free handout - Mayor loses the plot completely with informal settlement conversion

Premier David Makhura on Monday said, during his state of the province address, that Gauteng was leading the revitalisation of the township economies, where spending on goods and services went up from a few hundred million rand to billions more in just three years.

The premier said between 2014 and 2017 public procurement spend on township enterprises increased from R600 million to R17 billion.
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