{"id":780120,"date":"2024-07-01T14:34:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T12:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=780120"},"modified":"2024-07-01T18:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:48:04","slug":"the-biggest-winner-in-ramaphosas-77-seat-cabinet-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/780120\/the-biggest-winner-in-ramaphosas-77-seat-cabinet-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The biggest winner in Ramaphosa&#8217;s 77-seat cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite only making up 55% of the Government of National Unity, the African National Congress (ANC) dominates all its partners, taking up almost 70% of cabinet positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After two weeks of negotiations between parties, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his 77-member national executive for the Seventh administration in a late-night address on 30 June 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes the President, Deputy President, ministers and their deputies from the ANC, DA, IFP, PA, PAC, UDM, FF Plus, AL Jama-ah, and GOOD parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Executive, comprising of some of the political parties forming part of the Government of National Unity (GNU), is an increase from the 65 members in his sixth administration to make it the largest national executive in the country&#8217;s democratic history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In the course of the sixth democratic administration, we indicated our intention to reduce the number of portfolios in the national executive [however]&#8230; this has not been possible,&#8221; said Ramaphosa during the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is the first time in South Africa\u2019s history that such a broad range of parties, from across the political spectrum, will constitute a government,&#8221; said Ramaphosa in his weekly letter to the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To accommodate the wants of the ANC, its alliance partners, and members of the GNU, the President said that he decided to adjust the Cabinet, making several changes including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Merging the Ministries of Electricity and Energy;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishing a Ministry for Mineral and Petroleum Resources;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Separating the Ministry of Agriculture from Land Reform and Rural Development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Separating Higher Education from Science, Technology and Innovation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Splitting Justice and Constitutional Development from Correctional Services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dissolving the Ministry of Public Enterprises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO Wayne Duvenage said that they are &#8220;disappointed&#8221; with the &#8220;bloating of Cabinet.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We believe that some of these additional Ministries have been put in place just to accommodate people who are close to the ANC,&#8221; Duvenage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3p7QO_mZtbE\">told SABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cabinet was &#8220;already over bloated, a massive cost to society, a massive cost to this country so adding more expenses,&#8221; is not the right way forward, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the ministers, there were 32 appointed (up from 30), made up of: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ANC &#8211; 20;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DA &#8211; 6;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IFP &#8211; 2;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PA &#8211; 1;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FF + &#8211; 1;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAC &#8211; 1;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GOOD &#8211; 1;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seventh-cabinet-Final-1-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seventh-cabinet-Final-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-780339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seventh-cabinet-Final-1-2.png 800w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seventh-cabinet-Final-1-2-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seventh-cabinet-Final-1-2-410x1024.png 410w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seventh-cabinet-Final-1-2-768x1920.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Seventh-cabinet-Final-1-2-614x1536.png 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Of note is that the ANC regained its ministerial control over the country&#8217;s economic cluster (although they are met with deputies from other parties), particularly with the Finance and Trade, Industry and Competition portfolios other parties were eyeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Finance Ministry will see continuity with minister Enoch Godongwana remaining in his position, with David Masondo\u2014and new deputy, the DA\u2019s Ashor Surapen\u2014in tow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts at Rand Merchant Bank said Ramaphosa\u2019s retention of Godongwana as finance minister was particularly significant for domestic markets, signaling a continuation of a prudent fiscal approach and adherence to projections outlined in the February budget and medium-term expenditure framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the deputy ministers, this increased from 35 to 43, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ANC &#8211; 33;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DA &#8211; 6;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IFP &#8211; 2;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UDM &#8211; 1;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Al Jama-ah &#8211; 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><thead><tr><th>Deputy Ministry Position<\/th><th>7th Administration<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>The Presidency<\/td><td>Nonceba Mhlauli <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark> &amp; and Kenneth Morolong <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Women, Youth and Persons With Disabilities<\/td><td>Mmapaseka Steve Letsike <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Electricity and Energy<\/td><td>Samantha Graham <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">(DA)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Agriculture<\/td><td>Rosemary Nokuzola Capa <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Basic Education<\/td><td>Reginah Mhaule <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Communications and Digital Technologies<\/td><td>Mondli Gungubele <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs<\/td><td>Dickson Masemola <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark> and Zolile Burns\u2010Ncamashe <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Correctional Services<\/td><td>Lindiwe Ntshalintshali (ANC)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Defence and Military Veterans<\/td><td>Bantu Holomisa <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#026026\" class=\"has-inline-color\">(UDM)<\/mark> and Richard Mkhungo <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Employment and Labour<\/td><td>Jomo Sibiya <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC) <\/mark>and Phumzile Mgcina <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Environment, Forestry and Fisheries<\/td><td>Narend Singh <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">(IFP)<\/mark> and Bernice Swarts <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Finance<\/td><td>David Masondo <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark> and Ashor Sarupen <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">(DA)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Health<\/td><td>Dr. Joe Phaahla <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Science, Technology and Innovation<\/td><td>Nomalungelo Gina <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Higher Education<\/td><td>Buti Manamela<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"> (ANC)<\/mark> and Mimmy Gondwe<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"> (DA)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Home Affairs<\/td><td>Njabulo Nzuza <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Human Settlements<\/td><td>Tandi Mahambehlala<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"> (ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>International Relations and Cooperation<\/td><td>Alvin Botes <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC) <\/mark>and Tandi Moraka <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Justice and Constitutional Development<\/td><td>Andries Nel <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Land Reform<\/td><td>Chupu Stanley Mathabatha <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mineral and Petroleum Resources<\/td><td>Judith Nemadzinga\u2010Tshabalala <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Police<\/td><td>Polly Boshielo<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"> (ANC)<\/mark> and Cassel Mathale<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"> (ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation<\/td><td>Seiso Mohai<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"> (ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Public Service and Administration<\/td><td>Pinky Kekana <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Public Works and Infrastructure<\/td><td>Sihle Zikalala <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Small Business Development<\/td><td>Jane Sithole <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">(DA)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Social Development<\/td><td>Ganief Hendricks<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> (Al Jama-ah)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sports, Arts and Culture<\/td><td>Peace Mabe <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tourism<\/td><td>Maggie Sotyu <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trade, Industry and Competition<\/td><td>Zuko Godlimpi&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC)<\/mark> and Andrew Whitfield <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">(DA)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Transport<\/td><td>Mkhuleko Hlengwa<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\"> (IFP)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Water and Sanitation<\/td><td>David Mahlobo <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">(ANC) <\/mark>and Isaac Seitlholo <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">(DA)<\/mark><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Independent analyst Michael Atkins highlighted that the biggest winners in all of this can be seen to be the ANC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party makes up just over 55% of the GNU composition (and 40% of the national vote), but received over 71% of the National Executive<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/South-African-Cabinet-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/South-African-Cabinet-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-780254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/South-African-Cabinet-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/South-African-Cabinet-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/South-African-Cabinet-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/South-African-Cabinet-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graphic: Seth Thorne<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/GRY6Xm-WQAAai5r?format=png&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" style=\"width:623px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">National Executive composition. Source: Michael Atkins, X, @atkinsmike1<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A fair set of posts would have seen the DA with 9 full Ministers, and the ANC with 17 [which is] on top of the fact that the ANC has the president and Deputy-President,&#8221; said Atkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe naming of the cabinet is only the start of the government of national unity and hard work now lies ahead for a diverse group of people that needs to put party affiliation aside and pull in the same direction to address South Africa\u2019s many structural challenges,\u201d Oxford Economics Africa Senior Political Analyst Louw Nel said in a note.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/778082\/ramaphosa-announces-new-cabinet-these-are-all-the-new-ministers-and-their-deputies\/\">Ramaphosa announces new cabinet \u2013 these are all the new ministers and deputies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the largest National Executive in the country&#8217;s democratic history made up of different parties &#8211; but the ANC still dominates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":780269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[1900,20150],"class_list":["post-780120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-cabinet","tag-seventh-cabinet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780120"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":780349,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780120\/revisions\/780349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}