đź”’ Boardroom Talk: What is it about being in London that makes SA cabinet ministers behave so badly?
Alec Hogg writes on how badly SA cabinet ministers behave when spending taxpayer-funded Sterlings away from home.
Alec Hogg writes on how badly SA cabinet ministers behave when spending taxpayer-funded Sterlings away from home.
It is high time to put cabinet ministers on a metaphorical diet. Let their pay be commensurate with, and directly dependent on, the welfare of the people they govern.
Cabinet ministers in South Africa don’t pay municipal rates, including water and electricity, despite their R200,000 a month pay cheques.
If the rising number of resignations by former ministers shows one thing, it’s that the governing ANC refrain of “I will serve wherever I am deployed” rings hollow.
Helping to make sense of the Cabinet make-up is Steven Friedman, a political analyst who has been studying the South African landscape for decades.
While most senior ministers responsible for managing the economy retained their portfolios, a few newcomers were included in Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet.
Cosatu wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to cut the size of his cabinet to 26 ministers and a maximum of six deputies, and exclude anyone implicated in graft.
Since his election victory, President Cyril Ramaphosa has woken up to views on how he should arrange his cabinet to show the country and investors that his government is serious about tackling corruption.
With South Africa’s election out of the way, the next key moment for investors will be the appointment of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet.
African National Congress head of elections Fikile Mbalula has indicated President Cyril Ramaphosa intends shedding ministers to create a leaner Cabinet.