The President of South Africa has yet again reshuffled his cabinet. This one comes less than seven months after the infamous reshuffle that removed Pravin Gordhan as Minister of Finance while promoting Fikile Mbalula to Minister of Police.
Here are the changes brought along by this reshuffle:
- Bongani Thomas Bongo has replaced David Mahlobo as the Minister of State Security.
- David Mahlobo has replaced Mmamoloko Kubayi as the Minister of Energy.
- Mmamaloko Kubayi has replaced Ayanda Dlodlo as the Minister of Communications.
- Ayanda Dlodlo has replaced Hlengiwe Mkhize as the Minister of Home Affairs.
- Hlengiwe Mkhize has replaced Blade Nzimande as the Minister of Higher Education and Training.
Buti Manamela has replaced Mduduzi Manana, who resigned after assaulting a woman in a nightclub, as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training.
In true South African fashion, citizens flocked to social media to voice their opinions with this reshuffle.
Here are a few tweets:
When you survive every #CabinetReshuffle… because you are SASSA fierce! ???? pic.twitter.com/8zXpHF48YW
— Cyprian (@real_cyprian) October 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/SbuLXVII/status/920270110367080450
https://twitter.com/TheEdgeSearch/status/920270024593600513
How is Blade Nzimande going to afford luxury German cars on a meager MP's salary?#cabinetreshuffle
— Ben Pooler (@benpooler) October 17, 2017
Blade just picked that monopoly card that says, move to jail, move directly to jail, do not pass begin, do not collect 200 #CabinetReshuffle
— Land/Oceans/Skies (@Zukile_Makeke) October 17, 2017
