In June, what was once the department of women was renamed to include youth and people with disabilities in the portfolio. People have joked that this is the department for everyone except an able-bodied man. But this department works to build an inclusive society. ...
The main objective of the tourism department is to promote South Africa as a travel destination for locals and foreign visitors. When President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his State of the Nation address in June this year, he set a target of doubling the number of...
Former president Thabo Mbeki, without question South Africa’s most internationally-oriented president, gave a speech about the state of South Africa’s foreign policy in November this year. He spoke to a high-profile audience of diplomats and policymakers, and he was...
Unlike his other Cabinet cohort Mr Razzmatazz (Fikile Mbalula, a former minister of sports and recreation), Mthethwa has a mild-mannered Twitter persona and sends tweets of congratulations and of sorrow, which has earned him the title of “minister of condolences”....
If Dlamini-Zuma had it her way, she would be president and not a Cabinet minister. A veteran in government since 1994, Dlamini-Zuma is respected as a capable technocrat who likes to get things done. As health minister from 1994 to 1999, she oversaw the overhaul of the...
