Pro-market Democratic Alliance takes six ministerial posts in unity government after fraught negotiations
President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled South Africa’s new coalition cabinet on Sunday, nearly a month after his African National Congress lost its majority for the first time since the end of apartheid 30 years ago. In a move likely to be welcomed by the markets, the opposition Democratic Alliance, which won 21.8 per cent of the vote in the recent elections, was given six of the 32 ministerial positions and the position of deputy finance minister.
“The leaders of both the ANC and DA are taking political risks, especially with their internal party constituencies,” he said. Gwede Mantashe will remain minister of mineral resources, but the energy part of the portfolio has now been hived off and placed under Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
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