PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa is considering a cabinet reshuffle, which would include a reduction in the number of ministers and changes to state-owned enterprises, the City Press reported on Sunday.
However, the president will either need to wait or introduce short-term changes as the government’s final report on the restructuring of state institutions is still pending.
Among the considerations for a reshuffle include the consolidation of the Department of Small Business Development under the Department of Trade and Industry.
It is proposed that the Department of Public Enterprises also be scrapped, with the various state-owned enterprises instead placed under the control of existing departments.
This would mean that Eskom would fall under the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, while Transnet would fall under the Department of Transport.
State-security minister Ayanda Dlodlo and Water minister Lindiwe Sisulu have both been named as possible candidates for axing – a report that has
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