6 May 2009
National
Assembly resignations and replacements
SA Government Information
website
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department
[http://www.doa.agric.za/]
Minister :
Tina Joemat-Pettersson
Deputy Minister :
Dr Pieter Mulder
Pieter Mulder's six conditions for joining cabinet - 12 May
President Jacob Zuma has in the recent past on various occasions
reached out to the Afrikaner and other minorities. These discussions
were rightfully viewed by Afrikaners with cynicism as political
manoeuvres before the election. President Zuma has now followed it
up after the election by offering a deputy minister's position to
the FF Plus in continuation of his reaching out to the Afrikaner. -
Politicsweb
website
Farmers
welcome split in agri department - 13 May
Farmers have welcomed the splitting of the former department of
agriculture into two, saying their concerns will now receive more
attention. On Sunday, President Jacob Zuma announced that the
department would be split into the Department Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries and the Department of Rural Development and Land
Reform. -
BuaNews Online
website
Arts and Culture Department
[http://www.dac.gov.za/]
Minister :
Lulu Xingwana
Deputy Minister :
Paul Mashatile
Basic Education
Department
Minister :
Angie Motshekga
Deputy Minister :
Enver Surty
Communications Department
[http://www.doc.gov.za/]
Minister :
Siphiwe Nyanda
Deputy Minister :
Dina Pule
Mystery general takes over SA telecoms - 11 May
The choice of a military man with no telecoms background as South
Africa's communications minister has baffled the industry and may
complicate efforts to improve Internet and phone services in
Africa's biggest economy. Siphiwe Nyanda was sworn in as
communications minister by newly elected President Jacob Zuma on
Monday. -
Creamer
Media's Engineering News
website
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department
(formerly Provincial and Local Government)
Minister :
Sicelo Shiceka
Deputy Minister :
Yunus Carrim
Zuma
includes Traditional Affairs in new administration - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
House of
Traditional Leaders gives Shiceka the nod
- 11 May
BuaNews Online
website
Municipal
finances to get shake-up - 14 May
Co-operative Governance and Traditional
Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka has promised to help municipalities
achieve clean financial audit reports by 2014. -
allAfrica
website
Correctional Services Department
[http://www.dcs.gov.za/]
Minister :
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Deputy Minister :
Hlengiwe Mkhize
Defence
and Military Veterans Department (formerly
Defence)
Minister :
Lindiwe Sisulu
Deputy Minister :
Thabang Makwetla
Eastern Cape [http://www.ecprov.gov.za/]
Premier :
Noxolo Kiviet
New
premier to be sworn in this morning - 6 May
Former Bhisho legislature speaker Noxolo Kiviet will be sworn in as
premier of the Eastern Cape this morning. -
Weekend Post
website
Kiviet
sworn in as Eastern Cape Premier - 6 May
BuaNews Online
website
7 May 2009
Media
statement by the Premier, Noxolo Kiviet on the announcement of
members of the provincial cabinet
SA Government Information
website
Economic Development
Department
Minister :
Ebrahim Patel
Deputy Minister :
Gwen
Mahlangu-Nkabinde
Ebrahim Patel : the SACTWU biography - 12 May
Politicsweb
website
Cabinet to get a view from the shop floor - 12 May
The appointment of former South African Clothing and Textile Workers
(Sactwu) general secretary Ebrahim Patel as economic development
minister means that the intense conflict between the government and
labour over economic policy will now take place within the Cabinet.
A staunch opponent of the Growth, Employment and
Redistribution policy adopted by the government in the mid-90s, the
slightly built Patel will no doubt use his newly acquired power to
push for a growth path that creates more jobs. -
Business Day
website
Education Department
(now Basic Education, and, Higher Education and Training
Departments)
Education
to have two ministers - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
Education shake-up hailed despite misgivings - 12 May
Athough the African National Congress's
(ANC's) decision to split the education
ministry into two has been welcomed, reaction to the people
appointed to the posts has been mixed. -
Business Day
website
Energy Department
Minister :
Dipuo Peters
New-look energy portfolio welcomed - 12 May
The splitting of the Department of Minerals and Energy would lead to
more focused attention on energy issues, according to participants
in the energy field.
With energy-related problems increasingly taking centre
stage, the split has long been on the cards. Mining and energy are
considered complex sectors that could not continue to be housed in
one ministry. -
Business Day
website
New Energy Department outlines key priorities
- 20 May
The newly-established Department of Energy on Wednesday announced
its short- to medium-term priorities for the sector at a conference
Cape Town. The new department, which was formed when President Jacob
Zuma split the Minerals and Energy department into two portfolios,
will focus on issues such as renewable energy, energy efficiency and
new generation capacity. It also announced that it planned to launch
a green jobs initiative. -
Creamer Media's Engineering News website
Finance Department
[http://www.treasury.gov.za/]
Minister :
Pravin Gordhan
Deputy Minister :
Nhlanhla Nene
Pravin
Gordhan named SA's new Finance Minister - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
New finance
minister for S Africa - 10 May
New South African President Jacob Zuma has named Pravin Gordhan as
his new finance minister. He will take over from Trevor Manuel, who
has been appointed head of a new national planning body. -
BBC News
website
Finance minister promises continuity of economic policy - 12 May
South Africa will work to ensure continuity of economic policy while
leaving room to manoeuvre to respond to the global financial crisis,
new Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Monday. Shortly after
being sworn in, he said that policies in place would help to steer
the country through the downturn. -
Moneyweb
website
Finance Minister Gordhan reassures on debt, output dives - 12
May
South Africa is managing its debt to ensure it does not over-borrow
in its efforts to boost growth, new Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan
said on Tuesday, as output data signalled an economy in recession.
He also said in a series of radio and television interviews that the
government would be discussing policy issues including inflation
targeting, one of the investor-friendly policies that Labour and
communist allies of the ruling ANC want to change. -
Creamer Media's
Engineering News
website
Policy must be flexible : Gordhan - 12 May
New Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has said government is willing
to debate economic policies like inflation targeting. -
Business Report website
SARS
appoints acting Commissioner - 12 May
BuaNews Online
website
Free State [http://www.fs.gov.za/
]
Premier : Ace Magashule
Magashule elected as Free State premier - 6 May
Free State ANC chairperson Ace Magashule was on Wednesday declared
Free State premier during the inauguration of members of the
provincial legislature. The announcement of Magashule's premiership
by acting Free State Judge President Faan Hancke was greeted with a
huge cheer, chanting and the singing of ANC songs at the Mangaung
Indoor Sport's Centre. -
IOL
website
Gauteng [http://www.gpg.gov.za/]
Premier :
Nomvula Mokonyane
Mokonyane declared premier of Gauteng - 6 May
Nomvula Paula Mokonyane was on Wednesday officially declared the
premier of Gauteng. Mokonyane was nominated by former Gauteng
premier Paul Mashatile and the nomination was seconded by MP Lindiwe
Maseko. -
Mail & Guardian
website
Gauteng's
new MECs announced - 8 May
BuaNews Online
website
Health Department [http://www.doh.gov.za/]
Minister :
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi
Deputy Minister :
Dr Molefi Sefularo
Hogan replaced as Health Minister - 10 May
BuaNews Online website
18 May 2009
Address
by the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi at a press conference
to outline his priorities
Higher Education and
Training Department
Minister :
Dr Blade Nzimande
Blade
Nzimande : Minister of Higher Education and Training - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
Minister
confident of taking on higher education challenges - 12
May
BuaNews Online
website
Home Affairs Department
[http://www.home-affairs.gov.za/]
Minister :
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Deputy Minister :
Malusi GigabaHogan
replaced as Health Minister
Human Settlements
Department (formerly Housing)
Minister :
Tokyo Sexwale
Deputy Minister :
Zou Kota
Businessman Sexwale to head new housing ministry - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
Sexwale ponders Cabinet, business 'conflicts' - 12 May
Human Settlements Minister and prominent businessman Tokyo Sexwale
is taking legal advice about potential conflicts of interest between
his business concerns and his appointment to the Cabinet, his
spokesman says.
Sexwale, one of the success stories of black economic
empowerment, is executive chairman of Mvelaphanda Group, which has
investments in construction, via a shareholding in Group Five, in
banking, through a shareholding in Absa, and in property.
-
Business Day
website
Sexwale to
resign from Mvelaphanda - 12 May
BuaNews Online
website
Sexwale to engage business on housing
shortfall, meet with banks on financing - 25 May
The new Department of Human Settlements would be approaching the top
300 JSE-listed companies, to assist in bridging the current
2,2-milllion housing shortfall in the country, Minister Tokyo
Sexwale said on Monday. Although companies listed on the JSE had
social responsibility plans, Sexwale said he wished those companies
would go a mile further and assist the government. “Individuals in
business and other sectors are also going to be approached to see
how they can help, particularly by building homes for other South
Africans who are not so fortunate. I have already raised this
possibility with some people and have been pleasantly surprised by
the response,” he said at a briefing in Johannesburg. -
Creamer Media's Engineering News website
International Relations and Cooperation Department (formerly Foreign
Affairs)
Minister :
Maite
Nkoana-Mashabane
Deputy Minister :
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim
Deputy Minister :
Sue van der Merwe
Department
of Foreign Affairs renamed, restructured - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
New name
outlines department's mandate - 21 May
BuaNews Online website
Justice and Constitutional Development Department
[http://www.doj.gov.za/]
Minister
:
Jeff Radebe
Deputy Minister :
Andries Nel
Press release
: 11 May 2009
Law Society
welcomes appointment of Jeff Radebe as new Minister of Justice
and Constitutional Development
The Law Society
of South Africa (LSSA) – which represents South Africa's
18 600 attorneys – welcomes the appointment of the new
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr Jeff
Radebe.
'The LSSA looks forward to meeting
Mr Radebe at his earliest
convenience so as to bring him up to date with developments in
the attorneys' profession,
particularly issues of seminal importance such as the
Legal Practice Bill',
say LSSA Co-Chairpersons, Thoba Poyo-Dlwati and Henri van
Rooyen.
The LSSA
envisages working closely with the Minister in ensuring that
the Bill will transform the governance and regulation of the
profession by promoting, on a national basis, a unified
regulatory regime for both attorneys and advocates.
'A strong, unified legal profession
is imperative to protect South Africa's
constitutional democracy, as well as the independence of both
the judiciary and the legal profession. It is also important
to promote greater access to justice for the public and access
to the profession by more practitioners, particularly
previously disadvantaged practitioners; and in promoting
transparency so as to enhance greater public confidence in the
legal profession', say the
Co-Chairpersons.
Issued on behalf
of the Co-Chairpersons of the Law Society of South Africa by :
Barbara Whittle
Communication Manager, Law Society of South Africa
Telephone : 012-366 8800 or 083-380 1307
E-mail :
barbara@lssa.org.za
Website:
www.lssa.org.za
Changes due for criminal justice departments - 11 May
Justice and constitutional development gets a new ministerial team,
as does correctional services. The renamed police ministry gets a
new deputy minister. Former transport minister Jeff Radebe takes
over the reins at justice from Enver Surty, who returns to being a
deputy education minister. This move will dismay many in the legal
community because of the difference Surty has made in efficiency and
accessibility in the six months since he took over from Brigitte
Mabandla.
The deputy slot at justice is taken by former deputy
chief whip Andries Nel . A lawyer, Nel has no experience on
Parliament's justice committee or in the
executive. He replaces Johnny de Lange who was charged with
reviewing the criminal justice system. De Lange now has no post in
the executive. -
Business Day
website
Radebe in Surty se plek laat baie frons - 11 May
Die vervanging van die "bekwame"
mnr Enver Surty as minister van justisie deur mnr Jeff Radebe,
'n voorste ondersteuner van pres Jacob
Zuma, het die wenkbroue laat lig. Boonop hang daar
'n groot vraagteken oor die weglating van
mnr Johnny de Lange, voormalige adjunkminister van justisie, en die
groot dryfveer agter die hersiening van die strafregstelsel. -
Beeld
website
Radebe
to attend G8 Justice Ministers' conference in Italy -
28 May
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Jeff
Radebe is to attend the G8 Justice and Interior Ministers'
Meeting in Rome, Italy. This three-day meeting, which kicks
off on Friday, will address some of the important security and
immigration-related issues on the international agenda.
According to the department, the first day of the meeting will
focus on the struggle against transnational organised crime
through a common international strategy designed to combat
Mafioso assets and to counter today's "multinational crime
corporations". On Saturday, the meeting will address
the issue of migration, dwelling in particular on illegal
immigration, on human trafficking and on immigrants' integration
with society. The last day of the meeting will be used to
discuss the issue of urban security. - BuaNews
Online website
KwaZulu-Natal [http://www.kwazulunatal.gov.za/]
Premier :
Zweli Mkhize
Mkhize elected KZN premier - 6 May
Zweli Mkhize was on Wednesday elected as the fifth KwaZulu-Natal
premier since the first democratic elections in 1994.
He was elected by the majority of KwaZulu-Natal's 80
member legislature at the legislature complex in Pietermaritzburg.
Mkhize, the ANC's provincial chairman, trounced the
Democratic Alliance's John Steenhuisen by 68 votes to seven. There
were four spoilt votes and one member did not vote.
The Independent Electoral Commission monitored
proceedings. -
The Times
website
11 May 2009
Statement
by Dr Zweli Mkhize at his inauguration as the Premier of the
Province of KwaZulu-Natal
SA Government Information website
KZN
Premier announces his cabinet - 12 May
BuaNews Online
website
[List of MECs]
Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and
Rural Development - Lydia Johnson
Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation - Gcotyelwa Weziwe Thusi
Economic Development and Tourism - Michael Mabuyakhulu
Education - Edward Senzo Mchunu
Finance - Catharina Magdalena Cronje
Health - Maxwell Sibongiseni Dlomo
Human Settlement and Public Works - Magasvarie Govender
Local Government and Traditional Affairs - Thembinkosi Willis Mchunu
Social Development - Bonginkosi Meshack Radebe
Transport Community Safety and Liaison - Bhekokwakhe Hamilton Cele
Mkhize has a dream for KZN - 12 May
Adopting the tenor of President Jacob Zuma's recent addresses, new
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize on Monday said that the province
should learn from the lessons of the past and embrace a new hope for
a better future by making a fresh start as one people. Speaking at
his inauguration in Pietermaritzburg, Mkhize called on minority
communities to interact with the government to make contributions
that would shape policies to address their concerns. -
IOL
website
Rajbansi : a great opportunity was missed - 12 May
Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi said on Monday that he
harboured no bitter feelings at being left out of Premier Zweli
Mkhize's new-look provincial executive council, but said the
province had missed a golden opportunity of multi-party government.
Rajbansi, whose party stayed away from Monday's inauguration in
Pietermaritzburg, has also turned down an invitation to head the
conservation and environmental portfolio committee. He said it had
also been offered to his wife, Shameen, who also turned it down. -
Daily News
website
Labour Department
[http://www.labour.gov.za/]
Minister :
Membathisi Mdladlana
Limpopo [http://www.limpopo.gov.za/]
Premier : Cassel Mathale
From being a student activist to leading the province - 4 May
The eradication of poverty and improving skills in rural Limpopo
would be the top priority for the new government under the
leadership of ANC provincial chairperson Cassel Mathale.
This is was said by ANC provincial secretary Joe
Maswanganyi during a welcoming function for Mathale as the new
premier.
Maswanganyi said Mathale had the daunting task of
fighting poverty through the creation of jobs and improvement of
skills among thousands of rural villagers in the five districts of
the province.
Mathale has been acting premier since Sello Moloto
resigned. -
The Sowetan
website
Limpopo's newly elected premier announces his Exco - 6 May
BuaNews online
website
Mining Department
Minister :
Susan Shabangu
SA's new Mining Minister to focus on safety - 12 May
South Africa's new Mining Minister said this week she would focus
on enforcing safety measures to curb mining deaths which have hurt
output and to review black economic empowerment in the industry.
In her first interview since taking office, Susan Shabangu told
Reuters she would also focus on issuing new mining permits to
remove a backlog of applications and investigate the possibility
of setting up a state mining firm. -
Creamer Media's Mining
Weekly
website
Mpumalanga [http://www.mpumalanga.gov.za/]
Premier : David Mabuza
11 May 2009
Inaugural
address by the new premier of Mpumalanga, Mr DD Mabuza at
Kanyamazane Stadium
SA Government Information website
12 May 2009
Mpumalanga
Premier, Mr DD Mabuza on the occasion of the announcement of the
new Members of the Executive Council (MEC)
SA Government Information website
Mpuma
Premier announces his new cabinet - 13 May
BuaNews Online
website
National Planning Commission (Minister in the Presidency)
Minister :
Trevor Manuel
Trevor
Manuel to head National Planning Commission - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
New
planning commission to boost govt - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
Overlaps no problem : Manuel - 12 May
The minister in charge of the newly created National Planning
Commission, Trevor Manuel, yesterday dismissed widespread concern
that the new arrangement of economic cluster ministries was a
recipe for disaster. President Jacob Zuma had made it clear that
he wanted cooperative governance, Manuel said, but if conflict
arose Zuma would have the final say, as he had assigned the
respective ministers in the cluster. -
Business Report website
Keyphrases :
Economic Development Department
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Department
Trade and Industry Department
Ministers
in the Presidency unconstitutional? - 11 May
President Jacob Zuma has appointed two ministers in The
Presidency, but it is unclear whether the jobs they have been
given might not require them to act unconstitutionally. Trevor
Manual was appointed to head the National Planning Commission
while Collins Shabane was appointed to oversee Performance
Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Administration in the
Presidency. - Pierre de Vos on the
Constitutionally
Speaking
blog
North West [http://www.nwpg.gov.za/]
Premier :
Maureen Modiselle
NW
premier to be sworn in on Sunday - 6 May
The North West Provincial Legislature will swear in their new
premier at a prestigious ceremony to be held at the Ga-Rona
Building Precinct on Sunday. The Provincial Executive Committee (PEC)
of the African National Congress in the North West has expressed
confidence in Finance MEC Maureen Modiselle, who will become the
province's new premier. Ms Modiselle, who served as Finance MEC
since 2005, will take over from Edna Molewa, who has served the
province as premier since April 2004. -
BuaNews Online
website
NW
elects Modiselle as new premier - 9 May
BuaNews
Online
website
8 May 2009
Statement
by Premier Maureen Modiselle on the composition of the Executive
Council (Exco)
SA Government Information
website
North
West Premier announces MEC's - 8 May
BuaNews Online
website
NW
Premier sets up inquiry into chieftainship - 12 May
The North West Premier has set up a commission of enquiry into the
dispute around the chieftainship of Bahurutshe Ba Moiloa Boo
Ramotshere. The inquiry, to be chaired by retired Judge Zulman
Ralph, is expected to commence on 18 May and will take three
months. The inquiry will be held at the Ramotshere Moiloa Local
Municipality Council Chambers in Zeerust. According to Cornelius
Monama, spokesperson for the North West Provincial Government,
there has been a succession dispute since the death of Kgosi
Monnaamere J Godfrey Moiloa in 2006. -
BuaNews Online
website
Northern Cape [http://www.northern-cape.gov.za/]
Premier : Hazel Jenkins
Jenkins
elected as Northern Cape premier - 6 May
BuaNews Online
website
A rocky
road for Premier - 6 May
This week, Kiviet will take on her biggest task yet – leading the
Eastern Cape. This is no easy task as all odds are stacked against
her -
Dispatch Online
website
11 May 2009
Inaugural
address of the Honourable Premier, Ms Hazel Gertrude Jenkins
Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, Kimberley
SA Government Information
website
Northern
Cape MECs announced - 12 May
BuaNews Online
website
Parliament
Furore over
Zuma guest list - 8 May
The Star
website
Jovial
mood prevails as members are sworn-in - 6 May
There's a jovial mood prevailing in Parliament, as the swearing in
of 400 members by Chief Justice Pius Langa continues. Parliament's
National Assembly (NA) is meeting for the first time to swear-in
its new members, elect its Presiding Officers and elect the
President of the Republic. -
BuaNews Online
website
Zuma calls for 'greater oversight'
- 6 May
Jacob Zuma has told the ANC's
prospective members of Parliament that they need to exercise far
stricter oversight over the executive than their predecessors. The
president-in-waiting yesterday addressed the first sitting of the
ruling party's parliamentary caucus
since the April 22 elections, ahead of today's
swearing in of 399 National Assembly members. Zuma will be
among the first of 26 groups of ANC MPs -
263 in total - to pledge loyalty to the
Constitution. -
The Times
website
Sisulu
elected as first male Speaker in Parliament - 6 May
BuaNews Online
website
New NCOP
members sworn in - 7 May
BuaNews Online
website
Zuma
announces new structure in government - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
South African rand little changed after Zuma announces Cabinet
- 11 May
South Africa's rand was little changed
after South African President Jacob Zuma replaced Finance Minister
Trevor Manuel, who oversaw 10 years of economic expansion through
2008, with tax chief Pravin Gordhan. Zuma's
decision to appoint Gordhan is seen as a move aimed at reassuring
investors the new president will stick with economic policies that
fostered the longest growth period on record. -
Bloomberg
website
Cabinet falls short of gender equity pledge - 11 May
Only 14 of the 36 members of President Jacob Zuma's cabinet are
women, falling short of the ANC's promise of 50:50 gender equity.
There are only 24 women in the 64-member national executive, which
includes deputy ministers. However, this is better than Thabo
Mbeki's national executive, which had 31 percent women. There were
12 women and 18 men in Mbeki's 2004 cabinet. -
IOL
website
KZN men and women well represented - 11 May
Politicians from KwaZulu-Natal are well represented in South
Africa's new Cabinet, with six ministers and five deputy ministers
hailing from the province. -
IOL
website
Six South African Indians in Zuma cabinet - 10 May
Six South Africans of Indian origin have been included in the
cabinet of new President Jacob Zuma, including the much-spoken
about Pravin Gordhan as finance minister and Ebrahim Patel as
minister of economic affairs. The four deputy ministers are
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, deputy minister of international relations
and co-operation affairs ; Roy
Padayachee, public services and administration
; Enver Surtee, basic education ;
and Yunus Carrim, co-operative government and traditional affairs.
-
Thaindian News
website
12 May 2009
Opening
remarks by Speaker at Induction for Members of Parliament (MP) in
the National Assembly, Cape Town
SA Government Information website
New
govt meets for first Cabinet Lekgotla - 26 May
President Jacob Zuma opened the first Cabinet Lekgotla under his
administration in Pretoria earlier today. The three-day meeting
brings Mr Zuma and his 34 members of Cabinet, Provincial Premiers,
Directors General of national and provincial departments and
leading government advisors together for the first time. The
Lekgotla is expected to map out government's five-year programme
of action and deliberate on the implementation of five key
priorities contained in the ANC Election Manifesto. - BuaNews
Online website
Parly
constituting its committees - 28 May
Parliament's National Assembly is currently in the process of
formally constituting its committees and electing chairpersons.
The National Council of Provinces' (NCOP) committees are expected
to get together early next week. "By the end of next week,
they will hit the ground running", said Speaker of Parliament
Max Sisulu at a press briefing in Cape Town on Thursday. - BuaNews
Online website
Mbete's golden handshake - 9 May
The ANC'S national chairwoman, Baleka Mbete, has opted for a
golden handshake and a guaranteed inflation-linked pension of R1.8
million a year - for the rest of her life. -
IOL
website
Mbete
in line for top job? - 1 June
Former deputy president and ANC national chairperson Baleka Mbete
may become the head of a new policy institute to be set up by the
ruling party, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe has hinted.
Mantashe told the Daily News that the ANC would set up the
institute within the next few months. It would include a
monitoring unit tasked with assessing the performance of all
government ministers, including President Jacob Zuma. - IOL
website
See also : Portfolios
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Administration in
the Presidency
Minister :
Collins Chabane
Collins
Chabane : Minister in the Presidency - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
Police Department (formerly Safety and Security)
Minister :
Nathi Mthethwa
Deputy Minister :
Fikile Mbalula
Fikile
Mbalula : Deputy Minister of Police - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
Politics
The ANC's official biography of Jacob Zuma - 5 May
Politicsweb
website
Provincial finance ministries will test strength of left wing
- 5 May
The premiers of the nine provinces are gearing up to announce
their cabinets in the next seven days. About 90 MECs will be
selected and about 450 jobs in the regional ministries filled -
but only once the ministers take office. The transfer of former
National Union of Metalworkers of SA official Mike Mabuyakhulu
from the housing to the finance portfolio in KwaZulu-Natal and the
retention of SA Communist Party (SACP) national treasurer Phumulo
Masaulle as Eastern Cape finance MEC would indicate a
consolidation of influence of the ANC's left-wing allies in the
provinces. -
Business Report
website
Tussle in ANC over future Cabinet role for Motlanthe - 4 May
President Kgalema Motlanthe is said to be reluctant to be
president-elect Jacob Zuma's deputy,
although Zuma is said to want him as his number two at the Union
Buildings. Presidential spokesman Thabo Masebe said it would be
"improper" for
Motlanthe to state publicly his preference as cabinet appointments
were the "prerogative of the new
president". Masebe said that Motlanthe
would "accept any deployment from the
ANC". This was in response to why
Motlanthe could not categorically make his preference on the
matter known.
Should Motlanthe not return to the cabinet, Deputy
President Baleka Mbete, ANC national chairwoman, is likely to
replace him.
-
Business Day
website
Blade at the cutting edge - 3 May
Communist or careerist? The jury's still
out as Blade Nzimande heads for parliament, writes S'Thembiso
Msomi. Nzimande said the decision to go into parliament was taken
not by him, but by the SACP's central
committee. I had interviewed Nzimande three weeks earlier at one
of his favourite Johannesburg hang-out spots -
the Sunnyside Hotel in Parktown. The hotel was the alleged setting
of the mysterious R500 000
"donation"
which former unionist Willie Madisha claimed to have handed to
Nzimande in black plastic bags "sometime
around" 2002. The allegations were never
proven and Nzimande's family is now
planning to sue the former Cosatu president, who has since joined
COPE. -
The Times
website
Presidency
Profile
of Jacob Zuma - 12 May
BuaNews Online
website
Address by His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma on the occasion of his
Inauguration as fourth President of the Republic of South Africa
- 9 May
The Presidency
website
Letter from the President - [8-14 May 2009]
ANC Today
website
Hotline to Zuma - 25 May
President Jacob Zuma has promised to stop "laziness"’
in his administration by opening a toll-free hotline to the
presidency that people can use to complain to him about poor
service. On his first public platform since his inauguration as
president, Zuma yesterday said he was bringing a new
"ethos" of
accountability and hard work to his administration. -
The
Times website
Kgalema
Motlanthe to be Deputy President - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
Presidential pensions a thorny issue - 10 May
There is a problem over the question of former president Kgalema
Motlanthe's pension should new President Jacob Zuma make him his
deputy. Presidential pensions do not depend on the length of time
served in office and apply to all ex-presidents. That's the word
from the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Office
Bearers. -
IOL
website
President
picks his advisors - 26 May
President Jacob Zuma has picked the officials who will aid and
advise him in the decisions he will make during his term of
office. Charles Nqakula is to be Mr Zuma's Political Adviser,
Mandisi Mpahlwa was appointed as Economic Adviser, Ambassador
Lindiwe Zulu will be the President's International Relations
Adviser and Advocate Bonisiwe Makhene is to be the president's
Legal Adviser. Ayanda Dlodlo has been appointed as Parliamentary
Counsellor to the President. - BuaNews
Online website
Provincial
Government
Zuma's Premiers - 3 May
Provincial governance is set to undergo radical changes with the
announcement of the ANC's sometimes
surprising choices for premier this week. -
The Times
website
Five
premiers to be female
For the first time in South African political history, the
majority of the premiers will be women. -
The South African
website
ANC faces premier revolt - 3 May
Jacob Zuma, the ANC president, has vowed to deal with anyone
"sabotaging" his four women premiers as party leaders stare down
a possible provincial revolt. -
IOL
website
See also :
Provinces by name in
South Africa
Public Enterprises Department
[http://www.dpe.gov.za/home.asp]
Minister :
Barbara Hogan
Deputy Minister :
Enoch Godongwana
Public Service and Administration Department
[http://www.dpsa.gov.za/]
Minister :
Richard Baloyi
Deputy Minister :
Roy Padayachie
Public Works Department
[http://www.publicworks.gov.za/]
Minister :
Geoff Doidge
Deputy Minister :
Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu
Zuma
appoints first visually impaired Cabinet member - 11 May
President Jacob Zuma has been commended for appointing South
Africa's first visually impaired female cabinet member.
Businesswoman and motivational speaker Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu
was appointed Deputy Minister of Public Works on Sunday. She is
partially sighted. -
BuaNews
Online
website
Rural Development and Land Reform Department
Minister :
Gugile Nkwinti
Deputy Minister :
Dr Joe Phaahla
Science and Technology Department
[http://www.dst.gov.za/]
Minister :
Naledi Pandor
Deputy Minister :
Derek Hanekom
Social Development Department
[http://www.dsd.gov.za/]
Minister :
Edna Molewa
Deputy Minister :
Bathabile Dlamini
Edna
Molewa to head Social Development - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
Sport and Recreation Department
[http://www.srsa.gov.za/]
Minister :
Makhenkesi Stofile
Deputy Minister :
Gert Oosthuizen
State Security Department (formerly South African Secret Service)
Minister :
Siyabonga Cwele
Intelligence dept changed to State Security - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
Tourism Department
Minister :
Marthinus van Schalkwyk
Deputy Minister : Thozile Xasa
Trade and Industry Department [http://www.thedti.gov.za/]
Minister :
Rob Davies
Deputy Minister :
Thandi Tobias
Deputy Minister :
Maria Ntuli
See also :
South Africa. Trade and Industry
Transport Department
[http://www.transport.gov.za/]
Minister :
Sbusiso Joel Ndebele
Deputy Minister :
Jeremy Cronin
Water and Environmental Affairs
Minister :
Buyelwa Sonjica
Deputy Minister :
Rejoice Mabhudafhasi
Western Cape [http://www.wcpp.gov.za/]
Premier :
Helen Zille
Zille elected Western Cape premier - 6 May
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has been formally elected
premier of the Western Cape today. Zille, formerly mayor of Cape
Town, will lead a 22 member DA team in the legislature. The ANC
has 14 seats ; the Congress of the
People, the Independent Democrats and the African Christian
Democratic Party share the remaining six. -
The Times
website
A baptism of fire for Zille - 6 May
As Helen Zille is sworn in as the Western Cape's new premier on
Wednesday, violent service delivery protests that have rocked
Khayelitsha for more than week have now spread to Athlone. -
IOL
website
Appointment of the Western Cape Provincial Cabinet - 8 May
Today a new cabinet for the Western Cape Provincial Government
will be sworn in by Judge Yvonne Mokgoro of the Constitutional
Court. -
Cape Gateway
website
8 May 2009
Zille
appoints Western Cape Cabinet
SA Government Information
website
See also :
Equality Courts
Women,
Youth, Children and People with Disabilities
Deparment
Minister :
Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya
New
ministry for women, children - 10 May
BuaNews Online
website
New ministries up and running in November :
Chabane - 21 May
Government hopes that the raft of new ministries created by
President Jacob Zuma would be fully operational by November,
Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said on Thursday. -
Creamer Media's Engineering News website