No news is good news in this year of state capture and pre-elective congress politicking, and Justice Minister Michael Masutha has managed to put his head down and stay out of the news. He has deftly dodged the largest bullet — the spectacular failure by the National...
The adoption of a national minimum wage of R20 an hour by Parliament was the biggest feather in the cap of Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant for 2017, but her failure to address employment equality in the workplace successfully and the perception of her continued...
She is young and works hard but Mmamoloko Kubayi has already been involved in several scandals even though she has been the minister of the embattled department of communications for about two months. Kubayi has promised to continue where her predecessor left off....
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has had a tumultuous year; he’s been at war with the industry over regulatory policies, and policy uncertainty has aggravated the problems in a tough industry. The uncertainty is in part tied to planned amendments to the...
Naledi Pandor is undeniably one of South Africa’s hardest-working Cabinet members. She travels the country and the world lobbying for her portfolio. She is the face of pan-African science and technology, and her impassioned and eloquent speeches make people at home...
