No cabinet reshuffle on the cards: Presidency

29 September 2016 - 18:52 By Kingdom Mabuza

Are there moves afoot by President Jacob Zuma to reshuffle his cabinet? Speculation is rife in political circles that a reshuffle of sorts is on the cards but the Presidency moved swiftly to dismiss the rumours on Thursday. "The Presidency has been alerted to a list of names which is circulating on social media which is reportedly a new list of ministers and deputy ministers to be appointed in an apparent cabinet reshuffle‚" said the Presidency. "The list is unknown to President Jacob Zuma. It is clearly the work of mischievous people who want to sow confusion and uncertainty. "President Zuma strongly condemns this malicious dissemination of untruthful information by people who do not have the interests of the country at heart‚" said spokesman Bongani Ngqulunga. TMG Digital understands that the disputed list included the names of Blade Nzimande‚ touted at the new Minister of Home Affairs‚ Faith Muthambi as Minister of Public Works‚ Des Van Rooyen as Minister of Economic Development‚ Ayanda Dlodlo as Minister of Communications‚ Ebrahim Patel as Minister of Labour and Senzo Mchunu as Minister of Agriculture‚ Forestry and Fisheries. The list is also said to reserve the post of Minister of Higher Education for Malusi Gigaba‚ Minister of Mineral Resources for Lindiwe Zulu‚ Minister of Small Business Development for Godfrey Oliphant and Minister of Water and Sanitation for Msebenzi Zwane. Other alleged changes on the cards were Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services as Ngoako Ramatlhodi‚ Minister of Social Development as Khensani Kubayi‚ Minister of Defence and Military Veterans as Nathi Mthethwa‚ Minister of Public Enterprises as Doris Dlakude and Minister of Trade and Industry as Lindiwe Sisulu. The final rumoured changes are Minister of Arts and Culture‚ Lulu Johnson; Minister of Tourism‚ Siyabonga Cwele; Minister of Public Service and Administration‚ Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize; Minister of Basic Education‚ Thulas Nxesi; Minister of Human Settlements‚ Bathabile Dlamini; Minister of Cooperative Governance‚ Thabo Manyoni; Minister of Environment‚ Makhosi Khoza and Minister of Transport‚ Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams.- TMG Digital..

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