South African parties agree on cabinet posts, sealing deal on new government • FRANCE 24 English
now South Africa started its first week with the new cabinet that’s been painfully thrashed out after the NC lost its parliamentary majority in May’s elections the Coalition that it was forced to form with nine other parties has made haggling over government portfolios tougher than ever and ventel with more South Africa finally has a new government a big surprise and a move that has received a lot of criticism is that the cabinet has grown from a previous 30 ministers and their deputies to 32 ministers and 43 Deputy ministers this is a move backward for the president who during his earlier tenure had made it clear he wanted to shrink Parliament to shrink expenses announcing a cabinet heavy withc members with the former opposition da holding six ministerial posts and six Deputy ministers president solap POA said the only way they could make the parliament inclusive for the gnu and its members was to add posts many are still unhappy at the inclusion of the da seen as a white party which favors business included in the gnu but analysts point out that some of the Deputy ministers appear to contain a watchdog component as most ministers arec but where you have a DA Minister like minister of communications and digital technology so maazi his Deputy is the anc’s monabell while the desle on shriber is Minister of Home Affairs his Deputy the anc’s njabulo zza to mention a few of of these pairings eybrows have also shot up over the appointment of the PA’s founder Gaton McKenzie as minister of sport arts and culture with many citizens and analysts alike asking how the former gangster is going to handle such a tricky portfolio
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa named a new cabinet late Sunday night after his African National Congress, the former main opposition party, and nine other parties agreed on the makeup of a coalition government following weeks of haggling.
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Hooray for our Government of National Unity 🎉🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦