GHALEB CACHALIA: Bloated executive makes it even harder to tackle challenges
It not only strains the public wage bill but reflects a contentious strategy to maintain political stability
The fat lady ended her aria. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a cabinet of 32 ministers and 43 deputy ministers. Eleven portfolios have two deputy ministers. This, after he had to cobble together a coalition of sorts in the face of the ANC’s near defeat at the polls.
The MK/EFF option has been deferred, and many South Africans now live in hope of a “better life for all”, though this is hardly likely given the track record, array of daft policies, hugely skewed budget allocation and inescapable inclusion of a host of parties that helped shore up the ANC’s deficit, expanding the executive to 77 and contributing to a public wage bill that accounts for more than a third of total spending. ..
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