After three months of dithering, after much “social compacting”, consultation with the party’s tripartite allies and – who knows – perhaps the local Russian ambassador, President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday reshuffled his Cabinet.
And what a damp squib it’s been.
In spite of the addition of two new ministries, including a Minister of Electricity who has technocratic and corruption credentials, it remains embarrassingly short of talent and ability. It’s a Cabinet so lacking in basic competencies it would struggle to oversee the governance of a
