TOM EATON: A new cabinet, but thank heavens no youths
Complaining about old ministers is not a way to fight cadre deployment
Many people seemed underwhelmed by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet reshuffle last week, but as someone who yearns for SA to start building towards political mediocrity, I must say it felt to me as if the country was taking a step forward, or at least tripping forward, or at least falling forward into a forgiving hedge.
Yes, our new deputy water & sanitation minister did insist in 2017 that if a child dies in a toilet it’s God’s will. And yes, Nathi Mthethwa is still sports, arts & culture minister, which suggests his initial appointment was deliberate, and not, as I assumed, because Ramaphosa lost a dare. ..
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