Excellent on ideas and policy development and also knowledgeable about the myriad problems in post-school education, but dysfunctional on implementation. That’s Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande for you. Like most academics in the country’s...
Popularity among his comrades could not make this a better year for Malusi Gigaba. Things just didn’t go too well on the home affairs front, although in party matters he managed to deliver an ANC Youth League conference that yielded a new leadership. The year started...
For someone who has served in this portfolio previously, Lindiwe Sisulu is familiar with the ins and outs of providing homes for South Africans. She also understands the problems that accompany the demands for free housing, but continues to commit confidently to...
The one thing Maite Nkoana-Mashabane would probably be happy not to hear for some time is any mention of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls for South Africa to withdraw from it. Though the minister mostly stayed clear of being dragged into the...
Mike Masutha has one of the tougher jobs in the Cabinet. For reasons known only to the president – and we’re using the concept of “reason” loosely here – he is minister of two separate departments that have nothing in common.Dispensing justice is different from...
