President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that the size of his cabinet should be guided by the needs of the country, as he defended adding an Electricity Ministry to what most politicians see as a bloated Cabinet. Last week he appointed Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa who is expected to deal with the energy crisis. In his weekly newsletter to the nation, Ramaphosa explained that the discussion regarding the size of the Cabinet was important but he believed that commentary missed the point. “At the start of this administration in 2019, we reduced the number of ministries from 34 to 28. There was, therefore, much criticism when, last week, we increased the number of ministries for the remainder of this administration to 30. Yet, there has been little analysis of why we made these changes and whether they were necessary,” said Ramaphosa. He added that increasing the number of ministries had been beneficial and he referenced improved policy alignment and focused implementation.
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