ZUMA’S RESHUFFLE
ANTHONY BUTLER: Schemes and skeletons in the Cabinet
Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle was one of the last quacks of a lame-duck president. It will be a surprise if new Energy Minister David Mahlobo can advance binding nuclear procurement agreements in the eight weeks before the ANC’s elective conference. The best Mahlobo might hope to achieve is a "consolation prize" deal. Under the auspices of a joint venture between PetroSA and Russian energy vehicle Rosgeo, Mossgas will process hot air and noxious gasses — generated primarily by carbon fuel scientists Prof Gayton McKenzie and Dr Kenny Kunene — into "liquid fuels" and "special payments".The dismissal of Blade Nzimande as higher education minister is of more interest. Zuma may be planning to rubbish the findings of a commission of inquiry into higher education fees and to declare that White Monopoly Capital must pay. In his eyes at least, this will burnish his radical credentials and help him to prize open the chests of the public sector pension funds. Zuma’s security goons may also ho...
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