Ahead of the cabinet reshuffle, all eyes are on Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams

Having previously served as the deputy minister of communications, the current deputy minister of telecommunications and postal services Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams is reportedly among the new deployees in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet after Thursday’s shuffle.

EFF CIC Julius Malema put the spotlight on Ndabeni-Abrahams after he tweeted that he was looking for her, but did not state why.

Is Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams here on Twitter guys? Looking for her, please help.

— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) November 22, 2018

She responded to the tweet by indicating that she was online and her response was followed up with a congratulatory message from parody account @AdvBarryRoux.

https://twitter.com/AdvBarryRoux/status/1065581069003628545

Rumour has it that Ndabeni-Abrahams will take over from the current minister of telecommunications and postal services, Siyabonga Cwele, as he becomes the new minister of home affairs following Malusi Gigaba’s resignation.

Nomvula Mokhonyane will reportedly be filling the late Edna Molewa’s shoes.

This is a developing story and we will provide updates as they happen.

UPDATE:

In a move that he hailed an appropriate mix of experience, capability, gender and generational representation president Cyril Ramaphosa announced a mini cabinet reshuffle to fill the gaps recently left by Malusi Gigaba and Edna Molewa.

As such the department of home affairs will now be headed by Siyabonga Cwele who has moved from the ministry of telecommunications and postal services.

As previously reported, minister of communications Nomvula Mokonyane will be filling the late Edna Molewa’s shoes in the department of environmental affairs.

Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will take over from Cwele as both the minister of telecommunications and postal services and the minister of communications as the departments merge under her leadership.

According to Ramaphosa, the departments will remain separate departments until the 5th administration.

He also announced the resignation of deputy minister of energy Thembi Majola citing the need to attend to family commitments.

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