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PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet reshuffle this past week was an act of “patronage to his supporters and punishment to his enemies” and “it wasn’t done in the best interests of the people”.
Opposition party members and political commentators have questioned why Ramaphosa failed to fire Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe.
Speaking to the Sunday Independent this week, the former standing