It certainly wasn’t a Night of the Long Knives. Nor was it a damp squib. But it was a relief for a public who, addicted to the destabilising, overnight reshuffles that were the hallmark of former president Jacob Zuma’s reign, had been asking loudly: Are we there yet?

In his announcement of the cabinet reshuffle, President Cyril Ramaphosa was kind to some of his detractors by retaining Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and harsh with others when he dispatched the underwhelming Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and contrarian Lindiwe Sisulu to the backbenches...

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