Let’s be honest, Lindiwe Sisulu’s predecessor, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, set the bar low. Her eight-year tenure was accompanied by a marked decline in South Africa’s continental and international standing, which was not helped by the minister’s tendency to put her foot...
For a minister who has been harping on since 2014 about how critical small and informal businesses are to ensuring economic growth, Lindiwe Zulu and her department of small business development have not stepped up to the plate. The 2017-2018 annual report revealed...
By its own account this department has spent in excess of R17-billion on land reform and restitution since 1994. Even after the chopping and changing of ministers throughout the years, and splashing money on this gigantic problem called land reform there remains...
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha survived President Cyril Ramaphosa’s two Cabinet reshuffles. This past year he has once again kept his head down and mostly out of the news. There was not much he could do about his biggest headache — the...
This year Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant saw the National Minimum Wage Bill signed into law, a feat some will no doubt applaud. But Oliphant’s pursuit of the R20-an-hour minimum wage has also garnered her widespread criticism. In April, hundreds marched against the...
