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South Africa's Zuma ousts rival Sexwale in cabinet reshuffle
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 09, 2013 02:01pm |
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| Author | Peroshni Govender |
| News Date | Tuesday, July 9, 2013 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma replaced Tokyo Sexwale as housing minister in a cabinet shake-up on Tuesday, removing the anti-apartheid stalwart who has criticized his rival's stewardship of Africa's biggest economy.
In a reshuffle less than a year before Zuma seeks re-election to another five-year term, embattled communications minister Dina Pule was also ousted, along with the minister of traditional affairs, Richard Baloyi.
Zuma is almost assured of victory in the 2014 election given his ruling ANC's stranglehold over politics but international credit agencies have downgraded South Africa in the last year, citing Zuma's ineffectual leadership among other long-term risks.
Pule has been embroiled in scandal since being accused in media reports of giving preferential treatment to a firm run by her then-boyfriend - a charge she denies.
The ministers of energy and transport swapped portfolios while the much-maligned basic education minister, Angie Motshekga, at the centre of scandal in which textbooks went undelivered for months to a province, kept her post. |
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