John Steenhuisen on the chopping block
South Africa’s Democratic Alliance, the nation’s second-biggest political party, asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to make its former leader and current minister of agriculture, John Steenhuisen, the deputy minister of trade, industry and competition, Rapport said.
Alexandra Abrahams, the current DA deputy minister at the trade department, would become deputy minister of electricity, the website reported, citing an internal evaluation led by Ryan Coetzee, the DA’s head of strategy.
Willie Aucamp, the current minister for forestry, fisheries and the environment, would succeed Steenhuisen, Rapport said.
The DA didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
David Maynier, the Western Cape province’s leader for education, would replace Aucamp in the environment portfolio, it said.
The DA is one of 10 parties that form part of a coalition government set up by Ramaphosa’s African National Congress following elections in 2024 that didn’t produce an outright winner.
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