Cyril expands SA Cabinet, adds 16 new members, drops 14
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa expanded his national cabinet to 32 positions, creating two new ministries, and appointed 16 new cabinet ministers, 10 of which are from outside his ANC. Of his new cabinet, Ramaphosa's ANC holds 20 portfolios; the DA six; IFP two; with one ministry each to the PA; FF+, PAC and GOOD.
DA leader John Steenhuisen is the new minister of agriculture, with party colleagues Siviwe Gwaruba, Leon Schreiber, Solly Malatsi, Dion George, and Dean McPherson included in Ramaphosa's new cabinet. IFP leader VF Hlabisa and his colleague Nkosi Mzamo Buthelezi; PA leader Gayton McKenzie, the PAC's Mzwanele Nyhontso and the FF+'s Pieter Groenewald have also been given portfolios in the new Government of National Unity. GOOD's Patricia De Lille retains the Ministry of Tourism.
Only half of the ministers from Ramaphosa's previous cabinet have been retained – roughly half of them were given new portfolios. Only five new ANC members join the cabinet, including controversial Parks Tau, the former ANC mayor of Johannesburg who was succeeded by Harman Mashaba.
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Ramaphosa kept the nation waiting ahead of the announcement, only arriving at the Union Buildings 40 minutes after the scheduled start of his televised announcement. He began almost an hour after the scheduled time. No reason was given for the delay.
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