The fact that Ramaphosa took over state security shows he is very concerned about the deteriorating SA situation.
As President Cyril Ramaphosa emphatically takes over control of the state, he has trusted no one with state security but himself – a clear statement that he is determined never to be caught napping again. Most political experts agree that the dismissal of Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was not a surprise and was well deserved because she committed the ultimate sin of contradicting the president publicly on a sensitive matter following the recent violence in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
But, they maintain, the resignation of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni was the biggest surprise of the Cabinet reshuffle because he was a favourite of the markets. Ramaphosa realised his political vulnerability and the danger posed by security instability, which could not be repeated. Also, the appointment of a panel of experts to probe what led to the failure of the security response in the recent violence was another show of concern by Ramaphosa that indeed the State Security Agency had failed to do its job.
“This suggests that Mboweni had been increasingly frustrated to pursue structural reforms that were not accepted,” he said.
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