The Freedom Front Plus says they welcome the call by President Cyril Ramaphosa to reduce the size of the cabinet. During the State of the Nation Address in Parliament last week, Ramaphosa said it was necessary to downsize the structure and the size of the State.
Under Thabo Mbeki’s tenure as President he appointed 50 cabinet ministers and deputy ministers, while the number grew under the Presidency of Jacob Zuma to 73.
Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Groenewald says they think cabinet should be reduced to 18 departments.
“There are too many at the moment, and for instance take Water and Sanitation and Environmental Affairs can be put together. If you look at the population of South Africa then we say that 18 departments will be efficient and sufficient, but then there must have qualified and good director generals because those are the people who are actually managing the government departments. They must also be very competent ministers.”
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