There will be no annual salary increases for the Deputy President as well as Cabinet Ministers at a time when the economy is experiencing hardships, President Cyril Ramaphosa has determined.
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Who will be the next people to toi-toi in the streets? – ‘No salary increases for Mabuza and ministers’ – says Ramaphosa
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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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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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John Steenhuisen: “ANC-regime turned the state capture into state collapse”
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John Steenhuisen is perhaps one of the ANC’s biggest detractors. A firebrand in Parliament and an outspoken favourite in the DA, he’s no stranger to giving Mzansi’s ruling party the business. However, during a Cape Town press conference on Thursday, there was no wordplay – nor were there any trademark barbs. Indeed, the cigar handed..
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Sisulu demands retraction from Australian government on land redistribution comments
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Cape Town – Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu on Thursday issued a diplomatic demarche – or course of action – to Australian High Commissioner in SA Adam McCarthy, to demand a retraction of the comments made by their home affairs minister Peter Dutton, over the SA land redistribution process.
“It was communicated to the high commissioner [in a meeting on Thursday] that the South African government is offended by the statements which have been attributed to the Australian home affairs minister and a full retraction is expected,” spokesperson Ndivhuwo Mabaya said
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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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