Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma does not owe anyone an
explanation on why he reshuffled his cabinet, Cosatu general secretary
Zwelinzima Vavi told SABC radio news on Wednesday.
"The president has a prerogative to make any decision
in relation to the Cabinet," Vavi told SAfm.
"After all, this is about his own performance and he
[Zuma] needs to go to the public next year and account as a president in terms
of what he has or has not done to pursue the goal of building a better life for
all."
The Congress of SA Trade Unions welcomed on Tuesday the
appointment of Connie September - "a product of our trade union
movement" - as the new human settlements minister in place of Tokyo
Sexwale.
Communications Minister Dina Pule and Co-operative
Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Richard Baloyi were also axed.
The other new appointments are:
- Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister,
Lechesa Tsenoli
- Communications Minister, Yunus Carrim;
- Energy Minister, Ben Martins;
- Transport Minister, Dipuo Peters;
- Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister,
John Jeffery;
- Science and Technology Deputy Minister, Michael Masutha;
- Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Deputy
Minister, Andries Nel; and
- Rural Development and Land Reform Deputy Minister, Pamela
Tshwete.
