Less than six months into his first administration, President Cyril Ramaphosa is said to be thinking about reshuffling his Cabinet to solidify his power in the ANC.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s “New Dawn” has faltered, with internal divisions in the ANC and the ruling alliance stopping tough decisions being made on issues such as the future of Eskom. Now, less than six months into his first administration, Ramaphosa is said to be thinking about reshuffling his Cabinet to solidify his power in the ANC.
A source in her camp said a key problem was that Sisulu “got punished for implementing an ANC resolution on Israel [when South Africa downgraded its embassy there to a visa office] and got no defence from the same people who gave us an instruction to act”. This, they said, could have cost her the job as the international relations and co-operation minister. And this came after Ramaphosa had “benefited from us being his running mates” at Nasrec, the source said.
That department comes with a great deal of power, thanks to its control over issues critical to voters. “We have been hearing the same thing for a while now,” said one. “There has been nothing official from the presidency yet, but we are expecting to hear something any day.” This has led to ongoing jostling across regional and national branches of the ANC, with the different factions trying to gain an advantage.understands that, in the background, Zuma forces in North West— led by former premier Supra Mahumapelo — as well as in the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal — have been in discussions with forces in Mpumalanga that are close to deputy president David Mabuza about reviving the so-called “premier league”.
“Remember DD feels like he is not given enough power to deploy even though his position is that of chair of the deployment committee and leader of government business. Paul feels that some of his ability to raise funds for the ANC is being impacted by CR’s own campaigners who raise money for his foundation instead of the ANC,” he added.reached out to Mashatile’s office for comment, but none was forthcoming at the time of publication.
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