A fresh start with new leaders after Ramaphosa’s reshuffle
The new ministers have their work cut out to restore order
Several ministries that have been performing badly have been offered a fresh start with new leaders following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reshuffle of the Cabinet on Monday. The most significant change was at the Ministry of Public Enterprises where both the minister, Lynne Brown, and her deputy, Ben Martins, were fired. Both were alleged to have connections with the controversial Gupta family and allowed them to influence tenders at state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Pravin Gordhan is the new minister of public enterprises, but Ramaphosa said on Monday he was leaving the deputy minister position vacant for now. Eskom, Transnet, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA and Denel are at the centre of state capture allegations, with mounting evidence that executives running them were placed in their positions by the Guptas and worked with them to loot state resources. When he was fired as finance minister in March 2017 on spurious grounds, Gordhan returned to the back benches of Parliament and wa...
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