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Proactive: Thulas Nxesi has his job cut out for him now that employment is part of the labour department’s portfolio. (Delwyn Verasamy)
2019 CABINET

Ministry to labour for job creation

It is set to move from compliance checking to help create an environment that will drive employment

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
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Arts sidelined in Ramaphosa’s new cabinet

The ANC has, again, appointed a minister of the arts with very little interest in the arts

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
According to a statement released by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Thursday, an emergency team has been deployed to Kwazulu-Natal with epidemiologists and clinicians from the NICD. (David Harrison/M&G)
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Shot-caller, calculated, master of survival. SA, meet your new health minister.

Will Ramaphosa’s new health minister wield enough power to bring recalcitrant MECs to heel?

  • Mia Malan
  • Laura López González
  • Bhekisisa Team
1 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the inauguration of Cabinet ministers in Pretoria on Thursday. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
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New and lesser-known faces in Ramaphosa’s Cabinet

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet has brought some lesser known politicians to the fore

  • Lester Kiewit
  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet has been lauded for its inclusion of youthful faces and women. (GCIS)
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Find out who didn’t make the cut for Ramaphosa’s Cabinet

Who didn’t make the cut for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet?

  • Kiri Rupiah
1 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet followed the trend of gender parity and youth representation seen throughout the provinces by both the governing ANC and opposition office bearers. (GCIS)
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Unionists, women and an alleged smuggler? Who’s who in Ramaphosa’s Cabinet

Seemingly breaking from tradition, the new Cabinet followed an exhaustive consultation process which has been described as “unlike any other”

  • Kiri Rupiah
4 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo Archive)
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Ramaphosa’s economic priorities find expression in new Cabinet

Consultation process by President Ramaphosa described as a massive break from the past and unlike that of any other recent ANC president

  • Natasha Marrian
3 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Ruvan Boshoff/Reuters)
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LIVESTREAM: President Ramaphosa announces his Cabinet

President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce his Cabinet at 8pm on Wednesday, the Presidency has confirmed

  • Mg Online
  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce his Cabinet on Wednesday evening. (Reuters/Simon Dawson)
2019 CABINET

Cabinet announcement expected on Wednesday at 8pm, Presidency confirms

Much-anticipated Cabinet announcement set to end days of conjecture

  • Natasha Marrian
2 min read
In short, when a new Cabinet is being designed, considerations of joined-up government ought to be considered. (Image via ANC archives)
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PART III: The right-sized Cabinet — what academics say

This is the third article in a four-part series on radical Cabinet reform

  • Laurent Balt
  • Simphiwe Mahlangu
5 min read
Ramaphosa was nominated by newly appointed ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina and seconded by ANC MP David Ntombela. (David Harrison/M&G)
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Part IV: Breaking the mould — A blueprint for the future government

This is the last article in a four-part series on radical Cabinet reform

  • Richard Calland
1 min read
Supersize: Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet swelled to 36, excluding deputy ministers. Cyril intends to cut it down to size. (Kopano Tlape, GCIS)
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PART I: A radical blueprint for Ramaphosa’s Cabinet

By doing so the president not only shows he has guts, but governance will be more effective

  • Richard Calland
7 min read
Cyril Ramaphosa (L) will be sworn in as president at an inauguration ceremony at Loftus stadium in Pretoria on Saturday. (David Harrison/M&G)
2019 CABINET

Ramaphosa promises balanced Cabinet that will ‘please all’

The president says he is still finalising just how his administration will look like

  • Lester Kiewit
2 min read
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni (right) and President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Sumaya Hisham/Reuters)
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ANC survival depends on Cyril’s choice

A credible Cabinet needs to fight for the economy and prevent losses in the 2021 local elections

  • Natasha Marrian
4 min read