Fired, moved and retained - Who's who in Zuma's cabinet
Here’s an easy-to-understand list of who got chopped‚ who got shifted and who will be breathing a sigh of relief this morning
President Jacob Zuma effected his latest Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday; a merry-go-round that saw no less than 10 changes to his ministers alone. In the biggest move‚ finance minister Pravin Gordhan was axed and replaced by Malusi Gigaba‚ formerly the home affairs head honcho. Zuma also fired Tina Joemat-Petterson and replaced her with ANC MP Mmamoloko Nkhensani Kubayi as energy minister. Kubayi was an ANC proportional representative councillor in Johannesburg from 2006 to 2009‚ and also the chairperson of portfolio committee on transport during the same period. She also served in the ANC Youth League‚ as a Provincial Executive Council (PEC) member in Gauteng. Dipuo Peters got the chop from the transport minister’s post and was replaced by an ANC PEC member from Limpopo‚ Joe Maswanganyi. In 2015 he was moved from the Limpopo executive and sent to parliament. At the time he was touted for a cabinet position. Public service and administration minister Ngoako was axed and replaced with...
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