Nomvula Paula Mokonyane was sworn in as the fifth premier of Gauteng on Wednesday, the first woman to occupy this position.

The list also indicates pay-back for those who supported Jacob Zuma in the build-up to his election as ANC president in 2007.

The Inkatha Freedom Party and the Democratic Alliance on Tuesday boycotted a sitting of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) legislature in Vryheid. The boycott follows an incident on Monday when chairs were thrown during the sitting of the legislature, which is being held as part of the KwaZulu-Natal government's policy of "taking the government to the people".