Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi's new Cabinet comprises of seven ANC MECs and three MECs from the IFP, PA and Rise Mzansi
Lesufi's new Cabinet comprises seven ANC MECs and three MECs from the IFP, PA and Rise Mzansi.says it is “unimpressed by the reappointment of the same old” African National Congress leaders in Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi’s new Cabinet.His new Cabinet comprises seven ANC MECs and three MECs from the Inkatha freedom Party , Patriotic Alliance and Rise Mzansi, despite the ANC receiving only 34% of the votes in the recent elections.
The DA said it will announce the new shadow Cabinet soon, which will “relentlessly keep the newly formed executive and all departments accountable.”in resisting the DA’s bullying tactics and their exaggerated importance and entitlement to governmental positions in the province and nationwide, even at the risk of upsetting its national leadership which has demonstrated its preparedness to betray its historical mission as a liberation movement,” said the party.
“These MECs failed dismally in executing their responsibilities in the previous administration, rewarding them with government positions is a clear indication that the ANC is still not serious about changing the material conditions of our people.” “While they have rejected the ANC, they did not give us a solid mandate to form government on our own. The EFF will therefore assume its role as an effective opposition that will hold the current executive accountable.”ActionSA’s Gauteng provincial caucus leader Funzi Ngobeni said Lesufi’s new Cabinet represents “mere continuation of the same old politics that has brought South Africa’s economic hub to its knees.
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