We’re not going to give Nathi Mthethwa an Oscar for his performance in the arts and culture portfolio, but he did better this year than he did in 2014 – and he’s doing far less damage in this job than he did as minister of police. There’s still a long way to go,...
The matric exams were going smoothly, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga told the country at the end of October and flew away on wings of denial to Paris for two weeks to attend Unesco’s 38th General Conference. But the only smooth thing was the operator in her...
Never has a Cabinet minister struggled for positive recognition from her own party as much as Faith Muthambi has. What makes her situation worse is that she is a communications minister who doesn’t communicate much, unless she gets an easy public relations interview...
Circumstances around Des van Rooyen’s appointment as minister may have come as a shock, but he is not unfamiliar with local government, a second portfolio he’s heading since his appointment to Cabinet a few weeks ago. A former Merafong local municipality mayor, as...
We’re not saying Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has an easy job. Rebuilding a crippled national defence force will take time. In 2013, her first year in this portfolio, we had high hopes that she could at least make a start of that project. She has proven us hopelessly...
