RAY HARTLEY: The five things Ramaphosa must do to fix SA
These are the new president's top priorities
Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as president on Thursday February 15. He inherits a dysfunctional government infiltrated by a vast criminal enterprise and a stagnant economy where there is no place for young people. This is what he must do: 1. Clean out the dead wood Ramaphosa’s first priority should be to remove incompetent cabinet ministers. Zuma was harshly criticised for corruption and nepotism, but his biggest failing was to severely damage the ability of government to deliver. Ministers who ran the SABC into the ground, who oversaw damage to the delivery of social grants and who ran the police and intelligence services as political tools, need to be the first to go. The flipside of this coin is that Ramaphosa needs to appoint effective, competent ministers to a more streamlined cabinet. Highly skilled ministers and former ministers such as Pravin Gordhan, Nhlanhla Nene and Mcebisi Jonas need to be included in the brains trust that runs government. 2. Restore the criminal justice ...
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