The running of the department of social development would have been a tough feat for any new minister. It certainly hasn’t been easy for Susan Shabangu, especially after the department of women in the presidency, which was inactive at the busiest of times. Shabangu...
This year President Cyril Ramaphosa restored Thulas Nxesi to the helm of public works, a position he held for three years until he was moved in 2017 by then-president Jacob Zuma to the department of sport and recreation. Though Nxesi’s first stint at public works was...
This time last year the finance minister was one Malusi Gigaba. A year later he is not even in Parliament and Tito Mboweni has the job. And there was another minister between the two, Nhlanhla Nene. Such is the present turmoil in South African politics. Gigaba, then a...
Tokozile Xasa came into a department with a good administrative history and once again the results are favourable. Of the R1.02-billion allocated to it, 99.4% was spent. More than R700-million went to the development of sport in a bid to build an “active nation”. The...
Before the days of Des van Rooyen and Mosebenzi Zwane, we would dwell on the fact that Bongani Bongo went from being an unnoticed MP to a top Cabinet post in one leap but that is no longer exceptional. Similarly, in the good old days, when the government still had a...
