As South Africans eagerly wait to see the composition of
this new cabinet, with deadlocks reportedly taking place behind the scenes as
the Democratic Alliance (DA) pushes for its desired ministerial posts,
questions are also being raised about the size of the country’s cabinet.
It is widely rumoured that President Ramaphosa will
increase the size of South Africa’s cabinet in order to include members of the
other nine political parties that now form part of the newly formed government
of national unity (GNU).
However, increasing the size of South Africa’s cabinet will
not come without controversy. The outgoing executive structure has 30 cabinet
ministers and 30 deputy ministers, and it has been widely labelled as
‘bloated’. IOL
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