Man on a mission: Lesufi announces changes to his Cabinet, vows to transform Gauteng townships and establish a State Bank

GAUTENG premier Panyaza Lesufi has announced sweeping changes to his executive, promising to put major focus on economic recovery, the fight against crime and corruption, and changing living conditions in townships.

Lesufi’s changes come a day after he was sworn in at the provincial legislature on Thursday.

A man of action, Lesufi said improving the economy, the fight against corruption and the township economy were some of the non-negotiables for his executive for the next 18 months in office.

Lesufi said the new cabinet will also be continuing on the work done by the previous administration led by former Premier David Makhura and will have key priorities.

“The first one is the immediate need to ensure economic recovery and reconstruction. We want to accelerate the recovery part of it and the repositioning of the Gauteng economy. Two, we want to strengthen the immediate fight against crime, corruption, vandalism and lawlessness,”