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Ramaphosa announces expanded GNU cabinet to accommodate all parties in unity government

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ramaphosa2BL Premium at President Cyril Ramaphosa added two ministries to his cabinet, announcing 33 ministers late on Sunday, as he unveiled a new coalition cabinet that includes members from parties in the government of national unity (GNU).

Ramaphosa, who had previously vowed to trim the number of executive positions, said the expanded cabinet for the seventh administration was to ensure that all members of the GNU are included and to separate portfolios to “ensure that there is sufficient focus on key issues”. The DA has six ministers and six deputy minsters, including the important home affairs and communications ministries, with Leon Schriber and Solly Malatsi appointed as ministers in those portfolios, respectively. The DA had targeted key infrastructure ministries with macroeconomic impact, such as transport and the trade & industry ministry. These, however, have been retained by the ANC. Former Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau is the new trade & industry minister alongside two deputy ministers — the ANC’s Zuko Godlimpi and the DA’s Andrew Whitfield. The DA’s leader, John Steenhuisen, takes charge of the agriculture portfolio, which has been split from land and is now a stand-alone department. Ramaphosa appointed the ANC’s Nomakhosazana Meth as minister of employment and labour, with Jomo Sibiya (ANC) and Phumzile Mgcina (ANC) as deputy ministers. The DA’s former chief whip, Siviwe Gwarube, has been appointed as basic education minister, but the move could anger the ANC-aligned Cosatu and is also set to anger teacher union Sadtu

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Thando Maeko at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
  • The full list of South Africa’s GNU cabinet is at Moneyweb
  • Lees ook, RNE: Só lyk die nuwe cabinet, by Maroela Media


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