Lynley Donnelly considers what JZ has to do to cook up his own Cabinet.

South Africa is experiencing a welcome lull this week, after the frenzy of the election campaign and before Jacob Zuma's inauguration jamboree.

The ANC's transition team is working on a plan to restructure the presidency to give it overall power over funding allocations.

In the aftermath of Tuesday's top six election, several senior Cabinet ministers and their aides are now getting their CVs together and are suddenly looking forward to the Mail & Guardian jobs section on Friday -- they realise their future in a Zuma government and ANC is not looking very bright.