What's it going to be, Mr President? South Africa or the ANC? Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind Read the full story↙️ Justsaying Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa is faced with a dilemma: does he enforce “tough love” and fire underperforming ministers and disappoint party loyalists in his upcoming Cabinet reshuffle by replacing them with competent people? SA or ANC? Political economy expert Daniel Silke believes Ramaphosa must choose the country over the party this time. That would entail getting rid of dead wood in the executive and meant Ramaphosa would have to consider bringing in skills from outside the party.
“He should not fill the Cabinet only with party loyalists but should also include non-loyalists in his restructured new executive council if he is to put South Africa back on the track of economic growth and service delivery,” Silke said. “If some of his appointments anger some of his ANC colleagues, that’s a choice he has to make for better outcomes and results.”
Neither ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile, nor former Gauteng premier David Makhura, who were both tipped to be appointed as Cabinet ministers, were MPs.Cabinet reshuffle: Cosatu cautions against recycling of incompetent ministers Although ministers had to have skills in their fields, especially management and leadership, “there is no oversupply of skilled people among ANC MPs that could fill the skills gap in the Cabinet”.Kotze said if Ramaphosa reappointed Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and her tourism counterpart Lindiwe Sisulu, it would mean he was not serious about having a strong Cabinet.
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