Zuma leads DA’s list of cabinet ‘dunces’

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma‚ Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen emerged as the biggest class dunces in cabinet‚ according to this year’s DA cabinet report card.

The official opposition briefed reporters on their “report card” for Zuma‚ Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and 37 government ministers in parliament yesterday.

DA leader Mmusi Maimane said Zuma’s performance got worse since last year.

While most (23) members of the executive scored an E symbol or worse‚ the worst symbol possible (F-) was reserved for Zuma, the ministers of mineral resources as well as cooperative governance and traditional affairs.

Maimane said Zuma started the year off on a rocky note when he removed former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene and replaced him with Van Rooyen for less than a weekend‚ before replacing him with Pravin Gordhan.

Maimane said what would follow that faux pas was a year in which loyal Zuma ministers would tie themselves closer to him and in which the Constitutional Court told Zuma that he had violated his oath of office.

“Not only has he violated his oath of office this year as found by the Constitutional Court‚ it is also clear that he was compelled to pay back the money,” Maimane said. – TMG Digital