Ministers and deputy ministers from 11 parties that form the new “Government of national unity” of South Africa took office today in Cape Town, in a ceremony which President Cyril Ramaphosa called a “historic moment”. “This is a new beginning for all of us in South Africa. It is a historic moment”, Ramaphosa said during his speech. that our people invested in these men and women, we will not waste time. We will work hard to move our country forward”, he added. Last Sunday, the South African leader announced the new cabinet, which includes members of the 11 parties of the first party. coalition in the country’s democratic history, after the African National Congress (ANC) lost the absolute majority with which it had governed since 1994 in the elections held on May 29th. , obtained only 40.18 percent of the votes, the worst result in its history. The parties that make up this unprecedented Government are the ANC, the Democratic Alliance (DA), the Inkatha Freedom Party (IPF), the Patriotic Alliance (PA), the Freedom Front (FF Plus), Good, the United Democratic Movement (UDM), the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania, Rise Mzansi, Al Jama-ah and the Transformation of United Africans formation. deputy ministers appointed by Ramaphosa, the hitherto opposition leader, John Steenhuisen (AD, center-right liberal), stands out as the new Minister of Agriculture. The DA is the heir to the white political leadership that governed during the segregationist regime of apartheid and is traditionally associated with the vote of the white minority – 7.70 percent of the South African population. The cabinet is made up of four members under the age of 40: the Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube (34 years old); the deputy minister of the Presidency, Nonceba Mhlauli (also 34 years old); the Deputy Minister of Finance, Ashor Sarupen (36 years old), and the Deputy Minister of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, Zuko Godlimpi (32 years old). (RM-NM)Source:Rádio Moçambique Online
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