NEW Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi will embark on a "listening campaign" before deciding on a strategy to turn the troubled department around.
"I understand that it is a difficult task. I appreciate the magnitude of the challenge," Nxesi said on Tuesday.
"I will go on a listening campaign. I will read all the reports and will later on be able to announce my plan."
Nxesi spoke to reporters after he was sworn in with Communications Minister Dina Pule and Deputy Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform Lechesa Tsenoli.
"The A-G's [Auditor-General] report and the SIU [special investigating unit] report - they all point to recent challenges, so I will have to apply my mind to all these issues.
"I will consult all stakeholders."
The A-G this month gave Public Works a disclaimer, while the SIU said it might have awarded contracts of R3-billion in an irregular manner.
Nxesi has replaced Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde, who was found by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to have flouted process in the police headquarters saga. President Jacob Zuma fired her on Monday during his second cabinet reshuffle.
Zuma also sacked former cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister Sicelo Shiceka, who was also found by the public protector to have wasted funds on hotels and a trip to Switzerland.
The cabinet reshuffle resulted in a total of eight changes, but since half of those involved serving ministers or deputy ministers being moved to other portfolios, they did not have to take the oath again. New Deputy Minister of Communications Tembisa Stella Ndabeni will be sworn in on her return from abroad.
Zuma has moved former communications minister Roy Padayachee to Public Service and Administration, and appointed the former minister in that portfolio, Richard Baloyi, to take over from Shiceka at Cooperative Governance.
Former deputy minister of communications, Obed Bapela, becomes the new Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation.
Former deputy public works minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, becomes the new Deputy Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disability. Zuma has not filled her old post, leaving Nxesi to run the ministry without a deputy.
"I think it is a sign that maybe it can be done alone," he said.
Nxesi embraces new role
NEW Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi will embark on a "listening campaign" before deciding on a strategy to turn the troubled department around.
"I understand that it is a difficult task. I appreciate the magnitude of the challenge," Nxesi said on Tuesday.
"I will go on a listening campaign. I will read all the reports and will later on be able to announce my plan."
Nxesi spoke to reporters after he was sworn in with Communications Minister Dina Pule and Deputy Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform Lechesa Tsenoli.
"The A-G's [Auditor-General] report and the SIU [special investigating unit] report - they all point to recent challenges, so I will have to apply my mind to all these issues.
"I will consult all stakeholders."
The A-G this month gave Public Works a disclaimer, while the SIU said it might have awarded contracts of R3-billion in an irregular manner.
Nxesi has replaced Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde, who was found by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to have flouted process in the police headquarters saga. President Jacob Zuma fired her on Monday during his second cabinet reshuffle.
Zuma also sacked former cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister Sicelo Shiceka, who was also found by the public protector to have wasted funds on hotels and a trip to Switzerland.
The cabinet reshuffle resulted in a total of eight changes, but since half of those involved serving ministers or deputy ministers being moved to other portfolios, they did not have to take the oath again. New Deputy Minister of Communications Tembisa Stella Ndabeni will be sworn in on her return from abroad.
Zuma has moved former communications minister Roy Padayachee to Public Service and Administration, and appointed the former minister in that portfolio, Richard Baloyi, to take over from Shiceka at Cooperative Governance.
Former deputy minister of communications, Obed Bapela, becomes the new Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation.
Former deputy public works minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, becomes the new Deputy Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disability. Zuma has not filled her old post, leaving Nxesi to run the ministry without a deputy.
"I think it is a sign that maybe it can be done alone," he said.
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