The biggest news of this week must be the recent Cabinet Reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma. Seven ministers were replaced in the reshuffle, including (alleged) corrupt Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda. Nyanda was accused by his former director general, Mamodupi Mohlala, of tender irregularities of R70-million, which Nyanda denied with outrage.

This seems to be a clear move towards routing out corruption in the upper echelons of government. More steps toward this end could very much be taken, such as the formation of an effective and powerful anti-corruption investigative unit. Such a unit should have the power and resources to investigate anyone in government without interference, prosecute those people they deem to be corrupt, and ensure that they no longer work for the people.

Another major change in Cabinet was the appointment of former ANCYL Presidents Fikile Mbalula and Malusi Gigaba as Minister of Sports and Minister of Public Enterprises respectively. This seems to indicate that Julius Malema's constant whinging and stomping has not been ignored. During the NGC meeting earlier this year, the two major points that Malema pushed for were the nationalisation of mines and the inclusion of former ANCYL presidents in government.

Although Malema was severely rebuked by Zuma on several points, he was also granted some concessions (either to calm him down and prevent a repeat of the Zuma/Mbeki breakdown, or for legitimate reasons) on his policies. Evidently, Zuma is giving him further concessions in granting Malema one of those wishes.

Is this the right move? Are these the right people for the posts, or is Zuma just trying to please everyone?

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