Zuma's latest reshuffle gives a nod to the South African Communist Party and the ANC Youth League
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma yesterday reshuffled his cabinet for a record third time since taking office in 2009.
Among the most dramatic in Zuma's latest cabinet reshuffle is the removal of Sibusiso Ndebele and Jeremy Cronin from their portfolios as minister and deputy minister of transport respectively.
Ndebele is the new minister of Correctional Services while Cronin moves to the troubled department of Public Works - as Thulas Nxesi's deputy.
Speculations around reasons for the removal of Ndebele and Cronin will likely revolve around the pair's wavering support for the controversial Gauteng e-toll system.
Another dramatic move is that of deputy minister of Higher Education and Training Hlengiwe Mkhize.
Mkhize's latest appointment as deputy minister of Economic Development is her third posting at different departments under Zuma's presidency.
Mkhize was appointed deputy minister of Correctional Services in 2009. After clashing with her then boss Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, she was appointed deputy minister of Higher Education in 2010, during one of Zuma's cabinet reshuffles.
In the Economic Development portfolio, she replaces Enoch Godongwana, who resigned after allegations that he had a hand in the disappearance of pension money invested by his former union Numsa.
The South African Communist Party has scored again with the appointment of Ben Martins as Minister of Transport. Martins serves in the SACP central committee.
Outgoing chairwoman of the parliamentary portfolio committee on police Sindisiwe Chikunga has been appointed deputy minister of transport. Chikunga has in recent weeks become an ardent critic of the South African Police Service, which has been involved in various scandals, chief among them the alleged plundering of the R200-million secret services slush fund - allegedly by suspended spy boss Richard Mdluli.
Zuma's latest reshuffle also gave a nod to the ANC Youth League in the form of the appointment of the league's national executive committee member and parliamentarian Mduduzi Manana as deputy minister of Higher Education and Training.
Manana gained fame after he accused suspended ANCYL secretary Sindiso Magaqa of falsely announcing that the league's NEC had earlier this year resolved to support expelled president Julius Malema. His comments were seen to be in favour of Zuma in as far as the Malema camp was concerned.
Defence Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, will now serve as minister of Public Service and Administration. She replaces the late Roy Padayachie, while Mapisa-Nqakula moves to defence.
Zuma reshuffles Cabinet
Zuma's latest reshuffle gives a nod to the South African Communist Party and the ANC Youth League
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma yesterday reshuffled his cabinet for a record third time since taking office in 2009.
Among the most dramatic in Zuma's latest cabinet reshuffle is the removal of Sibusiso Ndebele and Jeremy Cronin from their portfolios as minister and deputy minister of transport respectively.
Ndebele is the new minister of Correctional Services while Cronin moves to the troubled department of Public Works - as Thulas Nxesi's deputy.
Speculations around reasons for the removal of Ndebele and Cronin will likely revolve around the pair's wavering support for the controversial Gauteng e-toll system.
Another dramatic move is that of deputy minister of Higher Education and Training Hlengiwe Mkhize.
Mkhize's latest appointment as deputy minister of Economic Development is her third posting at different departments under Zuma's presidency.
Mkhize was appointed deputy minister of Correctional Services in 2009. After clashing with her then boss Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, she was appointed deputy minister of Higher Education in 2010, during one of Zuma's cabinet reshuffles.
In the Economic Development portfolio, she replaces Enoch Godongwana, who resigned after allegations that he had a hand in the disappearance of pension money invested by his former union Numsa.
The South African Communist Party has scored again with the appointment of Ben Martins as Minister of Transport. Martins serves in the SACP central committee.
Outgoing chairwoman of the parliamentary portfolio committee on police Sindisiwe Chikunga has been appointed deputy minister of transport. Chikunga has in recent weeks become an ardent critic of the South African Police Service, which has been involved in various scandals, chief among them the alleged plundering of the R200-million secret services slush fund - allegedly by suspended spy boss Richard Mdluli.
Zuma's latest reshuffle also gave a nod to the ANC Youth League in the form of the appointment of the league's national executive committee member and parliamentarian Mduduzi Manana as deputy minister of Higher Education and Training.
Manana gained fame after he accused suspended ANCYL secretary Sindiso Magaqa of falsely announcing that the league's NEC had earlier this year resolved to support expelled president Julius Malema. His comments were seen to be in favour of Zuma in as far as the Malema camp was concerned.
Defence Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, will now serve as minister of Public Service and Administration. She replaces the late Roy Padayachie, while Mapisa-Nqakula moves to defence.
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