President Cyril Ramaphosa is tipped to reshuffle his cabinet in the coming weeks, a move which will either make or break the ANC.
Towards the end of last year, Ramaphosa overcame his most difficult political battles. The Parliamentary section 89 report on the stolen money at his Phala Phala farm that could have led to an impeachment process was set aside and he was re-elected as president of the ANC at the party’s 55 National Conference in December.
As the country awaits the Cabinet Reshuffle which was necessitated by the 55th ANC National Conference, all eyes are now on re-elected president Cyril Ramaphosa.
Plans are afoot to bring ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile and former Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau to parliament as Ramaphosa Cabinet reshuffle takes shape.
So imminent that Tau has allegedly resigned as a member of the Gauteng provincial legislature as he prepares to be sworn in as an MP.
Mashatile is expected to replace David Mabuza at the Union Buildings after he was elected as Ramaphosa’s second-in-command at the elective conference last month.
The Sunday Times reported this week that South Africa may have a new deputy president this week.
With the ANC National Conference behind us Ramaphosa will invoke section 84 of the Constitution and reshuffle Cabinet.
This will be in order. Section 84(e) of the Constitution states that the President is responsible for “making any appointments that the Constitution or legislation requires the President to make, other than as head of the national executives.”
In the recent past, ANC presidents have had a hard time concluding their second terms. Neither Thabo Mbeki nor Jacob Zuma completed their second terms.
Source: Business Day, IOL, Mail&Guardian, Times Live, image from Twitter: @GautengANC