New State Security Minister Bongani Bongo is looking forward to providing leadership
Bongani Bongo, who defended Zuma in the no-confidence motion, wants to ‘move with serious speed so that we meet the targets the government has set us’
Newly appointed State Security Minister Bongani Bongo says he’s looking forward to providing leadership to his department. Bongo made the brief remarks shortly after being sworn in to office by the Judge President of the Western Cape division of the High Court at President Jacob Zuma’s Cape Town office in Tuynhuys on Wednesday. "I am looking forward to providing [the] required leadership to the department in terms of the legislation and ... the ANC policy directives. I am looking forward to joining colleagues in the cluster and working together [to] make sure we carry out the mandate of government. "The [director-general] is here‚ so that we move with serious speed so that we meet the targets the government has set us to deal with in the medium term‚" he said. Zuma attended the swearing-in ceremony where Bongo was joined by his mother and younger sister‚ as well as the director-general of state security‚ Arthur Fraser. Bongo replaces David Mahlobo who was appointed the Energy Minist...
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