The Cabinet reshuffle and Gordhan’s testimony – The Editor’s Desk

DUBLIN — Another big week in South African politics – Ramaphosa announced a minor Cabinet reshuffle and Pravin Gordhan raised some eyebrows with his state capture testimony. In this episode, Alec Hogg and I discuss the reasoning behind the reshuffle and some of the implications of Ramaphosa's decisions, such as the choice to reduce the size of the cabinet. We also start to unpack Gordhan's testimony and the reaction to it. We wrap up with a look at the latest developments in the ongoing Steinhoff saga. – Felicity Duncan

Hello, and welcome to this week's episode of the Editor's Desk. This is BizNews Radio. I'm Felicity Duncan and with me on the line, is Alec Hogg. Alec, another big week in South African Politics. We saw some major and very important developments. First, we saw a cabinet reshuffle by incumbent President Cyril Ramaphosa that many have described as a soft reshuffle. A lot of the former Zuptoid appointees remain in place and some have described this as concessionary. Some have said that this is problematic, that Ramaphosa needs to do more while others have said, "Wait and see. This is the first step in a major reshuffle that we can expect to see next year." We also had a lot of fairly explosive testimony from Pravin Gordhan – Minister of Public Enterprises – at the State Capture Commission. A lot to digest there. Several days' worth of testimony to digest so all in all, very big and very important week.

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