EXCLUSIVE | Ramaphosa asked for a plan to cut Cabinet bloat. He's had one on his desk for 4 years | News24

President Cyril Ramaphosa has since 2019 disregarded advice from his government to trim down his bloated Cabinet and keep it to no more than 22 ministers. | JasonFelix QaanitahHunter

President Cyril Ramaphosa has since 2019 disregarded advice from his government to trim down his bloated Cabinet and keep it to no more than 22 ministers.

News24 can reveal that the Department of Public Service and Administration in April 2019 submitted to Ramaphosa a substantive report on the macro-reorganisation of the state. This was after he promised the public in his first State of the Nation Address in 2018 that he would cut the size of the executive and later even hinted on doing away with deputy ministers. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

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