Inside the great cabinet reshuffle that wasn’t
Cyril Ramaphosa’s reshuffle has attracted a deluge of criticism — in particular for its lack of any dramatic change to a largely ineffective cabinet. But the president was hamstrung, party insiders say, by critical factors
09 March 2023 - 05:00
There is no way to sugarcoat it: the long-awaited cabinet reshuffle by President Cyril Ramaphosa was a deep disappointment — a damp squib. Insiders, however, argue that there were critical factors that prevented the president from making sweeping and dramatic changes.
The overriding factor informing Ramaphosa’s risk-averse approach, they say, was the 2024 national election. The prospect of the polls saw him roll the dice in a high-stakes political game that favoured internal ANC dynamics over the needs of a broader electorate set for the polls next year. ..
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