SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: How to fix the Cabinet
Leaders in government should be specialists, the best brains available, with a track record of success in their areas
When Jacob Zuma finally goes — hopefully within the next few weeks, or months at most — by law he will take with him all his useless lieutenants in the bloated cabinet. That will give the next administration a clean slate upon which to write its own future, and that of the ANC as a political force. I’d like to give you my version of what a clean and efficient cabinet would look like. As a start, during the past 23 years of democracy, all the ministers of women, sport, arts & culture, small business development and the minister in the presidency have served no useful purpose. They have no place in an ambitious and visionary executive. A maximum of 20 ministers would suffice. That means an immediate saving on the salaries of the 15 other ministers in the current cabinet. For strategic reasons that include succession planning, only the finance minister would have a deputy. The finance ministry would absorb the functions of trade & industry, as well as the economic development ministrie...
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