How we graded the ministers
The Mail & Guardian Cabinet Reports have graded South African leaders every year since Nelson Mandela’s first government of national unity.
It has become a hallmark of our democracy. Readers eagerly anticipate it. Politicians either denounce or celebrate it — depending on how they have performed over the past 12 months. And everybody talks about it. Other publications have copied the idea but none have achieved the same gravitas as the newspaper that first gave Pik Botha 3/10 stars.
The Cabinet Reports have become a recognised barometer of how our ministers are performing and the health of our nation’s leadership.
Now, 30 years after the birth of democracy, we have a government of national unity (GNU)once more. South Africans are looking to the GNU to restore hope a to the country.
How has it performed in its first 150 days?
We have asked our newsroom to answer that very question. A team of senior editors, working with set criteria, have deliberated over the results to arrive at grades that are accurate and fair.
Find all the gradings below.