ANC President Ramaphosa initially indicated that he would not oppose the application of the opposition to force him to sack Bathabile Dlamini. However,shortly before the announcement of the cabinet shuffle he announced that he would oppose the application. Political experts say that the command came from the ANC’s inner circles. Dlamini has been single out..
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Babelas Dlamini did not get sacked during the latest cabinet shuffle, wonder why she is still in her post?
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State Capture Inquiry Update:- Zuma Cabinet members turned against Nene
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Members of former president Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet were hostile towards Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene after he refused to approve a controversial nuclear deal, the commission of inquiry into state capture heard on Wednesday.
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State Capture Inquiry Updates:- How Zuma faked a job for Nene
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Former president Jacob Zuma did not give Nhlanhla Nene any reason why he was fired from his position as finance minister in December 2015, but instead presented Nene a “fabricated” job offer.
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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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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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President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday threw out a few rotten eggs from his Cabinet basket.
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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 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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Cyril Ramaphosa – Reshuffle: Whose heads will roll?
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce a Cabinet reshuffle by next Friday amid growing calls to fire ministers implicated in state capture.
The ministers seen as being compromised or underperforming are Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini, Water Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane, Co-operative Governance Minister Des van Rooyen,
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