Don't fixate on ministry head counts, Ramaphosa tells NCOP: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bloated cabinet has again come under fire, this time from the National Council of Provinces.
Ramaphosa was quizzed on whether the recent cabinet reshuffle was in the best interests of the country, taking into account that costs were putting pressure on the already strained fiscus.The question related to the changes made in the executive earlier this month when Ramaphosa appointed two new ministries in the Presidency — electricity and planning, monitoring and evaluation.
He reminded the house that at the start of this administration in 2019, he reduced the number of ministries from 34 to 28, combining a number of them.“We need to recognise that a country’s needs change over time and that we need to learn from our lived experience. The two new ministries I announced earlier this month respond to specific needs that our country has at this time,” explained Ramaphosa.
Higher education, which has been merged with science and technology, means the department is also much bigger when you add universities. “Their remit is quite different. Reconfiguration of the state is a process that we have embarked upon and we have a leaner, efficient, capable and effective government.”He said he has previously admitted that the capability of the state was a big problem and that’s why the government has embarked upon professionalising the civil service.Ramaphosa was again asked about the centralisation of power, with him moving ministries into the presidency.
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