PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa will have to reshuffle his cabinet in the coming weeks following the results of the ANC’s 55th elective conference.
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has been elected as the party’s secretary-general, which is a full-time position at Luthuli House.
Speaking to the media following the election, Mbalula said that he would resign as transport minister as a result but did not give an indication of when this would be.
When Mbalula steps down from the position, Ramaphosa will be sitting with two big gaps in his cabinet, with the position of minister of public service and administration still sitting vacant after former minister Ayanda Dlodlo was appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the World Bank in Washington in the United States earlier this year.
Minister of employment and labour Thulas Nxesi has been serving as acting minister for the department since then.
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