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Southern Africa correspondent for + bits for others. Previously in Beijing. Canadian.

Johannesburg, South Africa
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  1. Feb 26

    The good news

    With Minister Pravin Gordhan in charge of Public Enterprises & , and Minister Nene in charge of Finance & Treasury, I think it is safe to say the procurement of a nuclear new-build in S.A. is dead, at least for the time being.
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    Feb 26

    The full Cabinet list, 23 changes, 10 fired, 10 new(ish) appoinments. Did Nasrec though set up a new fight and succession battle in a couple of years' time?

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    Feb 26

    It’s a soap opera reshuffle, waking up two years later and Nene is back in finance, Hanekom is back, Gigaba is at home affairs. It’s almost like Bathabile didn’t nearly ice the social grants system and the Guptas didn’t nearly walk off with the country.

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  4. Feb 26

    Yes, and clearly. Next, can CR can shrink the cabinet as planned

    clearly plenty of deadwood in there but the economic tag-team of Nene-Gordhan is a great start
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    Feb 26

    Cele at police and, worst of all, Mabuza as DP tell a tale not of a new start, but huge compromise to reward support at Nasrec. Such are the dues of politics, and the wages imposed on the citizenry.

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  6. Feb 26

    Seriously though, went on about South Africa's tourism potential in his State of the Nation address... and then returns own-goal Gigaba, who drove tourists away from SA, to the position of home affairs minister

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    Feb 26

    New minister of police, Bheki Cele, allegedly ordered tapping of Sunday Times journalists' phones as police commissioner. Incoming Deputy President David Mabuza claimed to have Mpumalanga journalists spied on as Premier.

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  8. Feb 26

    This is good. Can we ignore Mbalula on Twitter now please?

    THE FIRED TEN: 1. Fikile Mbalula 2. Faith Muthambi 3. Mosebenzi Zwane 4. Des van Rooyen 5. Lynne Brown 6. Bongani Bongo 7. Hlengiwe Mkhize 8. Nkosinathi Nhleko 9. David Mahlobo 10. Joe Maswanganyi
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  9. Feb 26

    Lowlight / highlights (corrected)

    [CORRECTED] Some notable appointments: David Mabuza as DP Nhlanhla Nene as Finance Minister Gwede Mantashe as Minister of Mineral Resources Naledi Pandor as Higher Education Minister Bheki Cele as Minister of Police Pravin Gordhan as Public Enterprises Minister
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  10. Feb 26

    Ramaphosa couldn't clean out Zuma's useless, bloated cabinet.

    So it remains a massive, hulking cabinet, now with some great people in key positions, and many dreadful ones throughout.
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  11. Feb 26

    So it remains a massive, hulking cabinet, now with some great people in key positions, and many dreadful ones throughout.

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    Feb 26

    full list of new cabinet ministers and deputy ministers

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  13. Feb 26

    So, a compromise cabinet? And how is 10pm, delayed from 8:30pm, on Ramaphosa time?

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  14. Feb 26

    Malusi Gigaba heads back to home affairs, where he was a wrecking ball before moving to finance. What new era.

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  15. Feb 18

    South African horror mascots

    Okay seriously now. WTF is going on here? Do we not have one fucking semi talented mascot designer in the whole of SA? And who the fuck is signing this shit off?
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    Feb 15

    Mr Zuma's successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, will have a mighty mess to clean up

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    Feb 16

    Day Zero is when this guy murders everyone.

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    Feb 15

    Celebrating China-Africa cooperation with 'blackface' show watched by 800m viewers. WTF?

    Anger over 'racist blackface' in China show
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    Feb 15

    Were more living in poverty in 2015 than in 2011, as claimed in article? Yes, this is correct. More in our factsheet:

    By most measures the country is worse off now than a decade ago, when Mr Zuma became leader of the ANC
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    Feb 15

    The ANC caucus sang for Cyril with the same energy with which they used to shield Zuma from answering for wrongdoing. They go with the wind.

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