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GNU one year on
GNU one year on
GNU QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Who is in your unity Cabinet
Who are the deputy ministers?
Do deputy ministers have power?
It depends on whether the ministers delegate sufficient areas of work and responsibility to them. Photographs have been seen of Communications Minister Solly Malatsi (DA) and his deputy (and former minister) Mondli Gungubele sitting and planning together. The public image they have sought to portray is one of unity and mutuality. That’s how it should be. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and his deputy, David Masondo, have always got on well, with a true partnership evident. Now they have a new partner in the DA’s Ashor Sarupen, who is second deputy. Here’s his biography from our Under-45 feature of young political leaders.
Is this the largest Cabinet in the world?
It’s one of the largest. China’s is bigger. But South Africa’s Cabinet is larger than those in the UK, Canada and India, which have 25 to 30 members (ours has 32), as does Brazil.
Latest news, insights, and updates
McKenzie to stay in GNU after Kunene likely returns as Joburg transport boss
Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie will stay in the GNU and his ally Kenny Kunene will get his job back as Johannesburg’s transport boss.
Ferial Haffajee: On hate, hope and holding the line for media freedom
At the Daily Maverick’s The Gathering: Changemakers Impact Edition 2025, associate editor Ferial Haffajee sat down with Kagiso ‘KG’ Mokgadi of Politically Aweh for an unsparing, witty and deeply personal conversation that ricocheted between laughter, sharp political analysis and raw truths about the dangers of journalism in South Africa.
Eight in 10 South Africans think country’s heading in wrong direction, new survey shows
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Right goals but poor execution hampering SA’s vital National Dialogue
With inclusive economic growth, the Rainbow Nation dream is possible, but can an ANC-dominated dialogue deliver?
Caught in a bad romance? South Africa’s GNU gets the Politically Aweh treatment
South Africa’s cheekiest news show, Politically Aweh, returns with a sizzling new season – and it’s already putting the ‘national’ back into ‘national drama’. Hosted by the ever-witty KG Mokgadi and dynamic new co-host Zoë Human, the first episode dives head-first into that rare and endangered political creature: the GNU.
SACP hits back at ANC over ultimatum to ‘choose a side’ before 2026 elections
As the SACP prepares to contest the 2026 local government elections independently, it insists members can still hold dual membership with the ANC. However, the ANC constitution prohibits supporting other parties and warns of disciplinary action.
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