SACP, Cosatu want inclusion in cabinet during marathon meetings with Ramaphosa - President Cyril Ramaphosa has allayed the concerns of the ANC alliance partners regarding a new electricity minister
met the ANC’s alliance partners, the South African Communist Party and union federation Cosatu, on Friday and Saturday, as he edges closer to reshuffling his cabinet.
Insiders close to the talks said the SACP and Cosatu attempted to negotiate for inclusion in Ramaphosa’s executive. One insider said the SACP sought to have its chairperson, Blade Nzimande, remain a cabinet minister. The discussions also included Solly Mapaila, who replaced Nzimande as the SACP’s general secretary.
Ramaphosa met Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi on Friday and the meeting with the SACP scheduled for the same day was postponed to Saturday. “It was not a meeting that was supposed to be spoken about because we always have to keep such meetings confidential and allow ourselves to go and listen to what the president has to say,” she said. “It would be premature of us to even speak about why the president wanted to meet us.
They had expected Ramaphosa to announce that power utility Eskom would be returned to the ministry of mineral resources and energy — under minister Gwede Mantashe — as resolved at the ANC’s December conference.Subscribe to the M&G today for just R30 for the first three months* to gain access to this story and all our best journalism, subscriber-only newsletters, events and a weekly cryptic crossword.
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