ANC MPs have been elected to chair the portfolio committee overseeing ministries now headed by the Democratic Alliance
The Democratic Alliance objected but the ANC accepted his nomination on the basis that no law or rule of parliament barred him from serving on the JSC
The minister said the Democratic Alliance must understand that the new government is a single entity, not a federation
The president appointed opposition newcomers where they can be most effective but did not rid cabinet of compromised members of his party
Ministers and deputy ministers from nine parties took their oath of office after weeks of fraught coalition talks
ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli said more consultation was needed before the legislature elected representatives to the commission
Key security cluster ministries are dominated by the president’s allies in the ANC
The president has made plain his impatience to lock down a deal and name his new executive
The Democratic Alliance has yet to say whether it will accept the president’s offer of six cabinet portfolios.
Negotiations have involved who will get what, and how many portfolios, in the new cabinet