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    These ex-ministers could be headed back to cabinet

    By Agency Staff20 February 2018
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    Former cabinet ministers banished to the political wilderness under Jacob Zuma’s presidency are set to make a comeback as his successor prepares to revive the stagnant economy.

    The ANC top-six officials, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, will meet on Friday to discuss changes to the cabinet, according to three people who asked not to be identified because they aren’t authorised to speak publicly on the matter.

    Finance minister Malusi Gigaba, who Zuma appointed on 31 March 2017 when he had no experience in economics, tax or banking, is among those who will be affected in the shake-up that’s expected to be announced next week, they said. Gigaba will deliver his first full budget to lawmakers on Wednesday.

    Among those touted to come back are former finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas

    Among those touted to come back are former finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas. They lost their positions in the March midnight cabinet shuffle that led to a credit-ratings downgrade and a sell-off of the country’s currency and bonds. The two, who were widely respected by investors, became part of a campaign against “state capture”, a term used to describe allegations that Zuma ceded control of the state to the Gupta brothers, who are his friends and business associates of his son, Duduzane. They all deny wrongdoing.

    “It is the prerogative of the president to change cabinets; of course there will be those engagements by the top leadership,” ANC spokesman Pule Mabe said by phone. Tyrone Seale, the presidency’s acting spokesman, didn’t immediately answer a call to his mobile phone.

    Zuma’s nine-year term ended last week when the national executive committee of the ANC instructed him to resign as head of state in order for Ramaphosa to take over.

    Ramaphosa could also appoint Nhlanhla Nene, another finance minister that Zuma fired and replaced with a little-known lawmaker in 2015, to the cabinet, the people said. Nene declined to comment. After the rand plunged, Zuma backtracked, appointing Gordhan to the post, one he’d held from 2009 to 2014, four days later.

    Zweli Mkhize, who until December was the ANC’s treasurer-general, is among the names Ramaphosa is said to be considering, the people said. The party’s top officials as well as its communist and labour-federation allies must discuss the list of new appointees.  — Reported by Sam Mkokeli, (c) 2018 Bloomberg LP



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