By: Natasha Archary
The much anticipated Cabinet reshuffle has been postponed due to President Ramaphosa catching the sniffles.
South Africans were expecting the President to announce his new Cabinet on Thursday, 02 March, but this was cancelled unexpectedly due to a cold.
Apart from the Cabinet reshuffle, Ramaphosa is also expected to announce the new Minister of Electricity. The position he mentioned at the State Of the Nation Address, would ease the country’s electricity crisis.
Now, it seems South Africans will have to wait until the President is feeling better before the new executive is announced.
A final meeting to discuss the changes was supposed to have taken place at midday on Thursday.
However, Ramaphosa who is said to have been ill since Monday had to postpone the meeting due to a cough.
Ramaphosa was also set to meet with ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile, who is pitted as the next Deputy President of South Africa, following the resignation of DD Mabuza.
According to reports, if the President recovers over the weekend, the Cabinet announcement will likely be made on Sunday.
Earlier this week Ramaphosa swore in Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana as a Member of Parliament.
The announcement was made on Wednesday, 01 March and is in line with the President’s right to appoint two people who are not MPs to his Cabinet.
Godongwana will replace Mike Basopu, and the pre-emptive move may be in order for Ramaphosa to announce the new Minister of Electricity.
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