- Parks Tau and Nomathema Mokgethi have been chopped from newly elected Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi‘s cupboard.
- They’ve been changed by Tasneem Motara and Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, respectively.
- Lesufi made the sweeping modifications a day after being elected premier, having defeated DA candidate Solly Msimanga.
After a sequence of delays because of last-minute consultations, newly elected Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi ultimately introduced a reshuffled cupboard to help him within the 18 months left earlier than the nationwide and provincial elections in 2024.
The most important casualties from Friday’s announcement, which happened on the Gautrain Administration Company constructing in Midrand, had been Nomathemba Mokgethi and Parks Tau who had been relieved of their duties as well being MEC and financial growth and agriculture MEC, respectively.
This comes as an enormous blow for Tau, notably given he was recalled in 2020 from the nationwide authorities, the place he was deputy minister for cooperative governance and conventional affairs.
He walked into the provincial workplace at a time when Gauteng had the very best variety of Covid-19 circumstances and vowed to broaden the financial system within the most secure method potential.
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Tau has been changed by Tasneem Motara, who beforehand held the place of infrastructure growth and property administration MEC.
Gauteng deputy ANC chairperson Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko changed Mokgethi.
Lesufi mentioned the portfolio would now be referred to as well being and wellness.
“The explanation we now have added wellness is as a result of our individuals [citizens] solely arrive at hospitals when they’re already very sick.
“We wish to have in place a wellness programme that may make sure that we put up an data centre that may assist our individuals earlier than they’re sick.
“The centre may also inform them about mattress availability in hospitals, and this could cut back the queues. The wellness facet would additionally regulate facet of the wellness when it comes to monitoring foodstuffs which are being offered,” added Lesufi.
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An extended-standing member of the Gauteng legislature, Religion Mazibuko, was rewarded for her consistency as she retained the group security and safety MEC place.
The brand new premier has tasked Mazibuko with recruiting 6 000 younger individuals who would “help the police and JMPD [Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department] in combating crimes,” mentioned Lesufi.
He added “if we won’t take the struggle in opposition to criminals head-on, then we should overlook, we wish to push again on the facet of vandalism and improve the portfolio’s price range as we wish to have a patrol automotive in each ward within the province”.
“We’re already in superior talks with the minister of police to have interaction on how the brand new recruits would work hand in hand with the police.”
Lesufi indicated his imaginative and prescient was to have an e-panic button in each family that will alert authorities if residents had been in bother.
MPL Kefibone Diale has been promoted to move MEC whereas former ANC Youth League chief Matome Chiloane will fill Lesufi’s vacant place of schooling MEC.
One other notable change was the splitting of the Division of Human Settlements, City Planning and Cooperative Governance and Conventional Affairs into two entities, human settlements, and cooperative governance and conventional affairs.
Muzi Khumalo has been appointed as the brand new cooperative governance and conventional affairs MEC, with Lesufi saying he would focus totally on coalitions.
“Human settlements have to be priorities individually as we try to revive the township, casual settlement, and our hostels,” he added.
Lebogang Maile is the human settlements MEC.
Jacob Mamabolo strikes from roads MEC to finance MEC, with Lesufi tasking him with making certain e-tolls are scrapped.
“We want the brand new MEC to seek out new income strategies that we wish to utilise to take the division from Sanral. He should utilise the related legal guidelines, and in settlement with the Nationwide Treasury, we wish to be the primary province to begin a state financial institution,” mentioned Lesufi.
He added the province was additionally seeking to the portfolio to determine “a pharmaceutical firm”.
The brand new sport, arts, tradition, and recreation MEC is Morakane Mosupyoe.
Mbali Hlophe, who was MEC for the game, has been moved to social growth.
Originally published at Irvine News HQ
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