The best chance South Africa has of recovering from sub-investment grade credit rating status is to have leaders who are prepared to break rank with the small-mindedness of the ruling party.
Malusi Gigaba has been appointed as South Africa’s finance minister.
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The focus will now be on how the social democratic and left-leaning members of South Africa’s cabinet – the “constitutionalists” – will respond to the reshuffle.
The new Science Minister, Senator Arthur Sinodinos.
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President Jacob Zuma’s era has been characterised by a high turnover, not only of cabinet members, but also senior public officials and executives in state-owned enterprises.
South Africa’s Justice Sisi Khampepe swears in David van Rooyen as the new Minister of Finance while President Jacob Zuma looks on.
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The sudden expulsion of the finance minister makes it hard not to be pessimistic about the South African government’s ability to manage the difficult challenges it might face in 2016.
Tony Abbott has seized the opportunity for a significant reshuffle that he says puts “jobs and families” at the heart of his 2015 agenda, as he seeks to “reset and refocus” his battered government. The…
Senator Arthur Sinodinos has resigned, as prime minister Tony Abbott prepares to reshuffle his team.
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Senator Arthur Sinodinos has announced his resignation from the ministry, clearing the way for Prime Minister Tony Abbott to fill the position of assistant treasurer in a reshuffle. Abbott is believed…
Rudd’s new ministry retains several well-known figures in their previous roles but also includes a few newer names.
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has named his new cabinet, which features a few familiar names and several others that will be unknown to many Australians. Here are some expert reactions to the new ministry…
It’s time for a new strategy for the Gillard government.
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Julia Gillard has successfully installed former New South Wales premier Bob Carr as minister for foreign affairs. It wasn’t an easy process. Gillard seemed to battle both her parliamentary colleagues and…
“I am a natural senator”: Bob Carr at today’s cabinet reshuffle in Canberra.
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The former NSW premier Bob Carr will join the Senate as Foreign Affairs Minister following a surprise announcement by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, as part of her cabinet reshuffle. The appointment…
Climate change will mean more natural disasters: let’s not be cynical about planning for them.
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Much of the commentary surrounding the Prime Minister’s new-look cabinet has focused on the promotion of her loyal lieutenants, Bill Shorten and Mark Arbib, and Nicola Roxon’s elevation to the Attorney-General…
The public isn’t told how ministerial performance is assessed.
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In the coverage surrounding Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s cabinet reshuffle yesterday, the media rushed to decide which ministers had won or lost. But the focus on who trumped whom in the political stakes…