(Joanesburgo - África do Sul, 26/07/18) Presidente da República, Michel Temer é recebido pelo Presidente da República da África do Sul, Cyril Ramaphosa para X Cúpula do BRICS. .Foto: Cesar Itiberê/PR

<p>Trade unionist and skillful ANC&#8217;s Chief negotiator during South Africa&#8217;s ;transition to democracy,  ;Cyril ;Ramaphosa, who won  ;South Africa Presidential election on May 11 with 57 percent of the total vote cast and sworn in as President on May 25 has named his cabinet — just about 96 hours after.</p>



<p>What
is interesting is not just about the swiftness but  ;Ramaphosa has ;
become the third president on the continent to have a gender-balanced
cabinet, after Rwanda and Ethiopia and indeed, the first gender balanced
cabinet in South Africa.</p>



<p>While
addressing the press on Wednesday evening ;at the ;Union
Buildings ;in the capital city of Tshwane, Ramaphosa revealed that he
had ;cut cabinet down ;the number of ministries in the country from 36
to 28.</p>



<p>The
cabinet announced by the 66-year-old president had 14 men and 14 women to
achieve gender parity.</p>



<p>“To
promote greater coherence, better coordination and improved efficiency, we
reduced the number of ministers from 36 to 28,” Ramaphosa said.</p>



<p>“This
is a significant move of downscaling our state. Many people believed our
government was bloated and this was agreed right across the board. All South
Africans are acutely aware of the great economic difficulties our country has been
experiencing.</p>



<p>“It
is therefore imperative, we place priority on revitalising our economy while
exercising the greatest care in the use of public funds. For the first time in
the history of our country, half of all ministers are women.”</p>



<p>Patricia
De Lille, the leader of an opposition party and former mayor of Cape Town, was
also named as minister of public works and infrastructure.</p>



<p>Reacting
to her appointment, De Lille said: “I am deeply honoured and humbled to have
received the call to serve as a Minister of South Africa’s new cabinet. I have
fought for justice in our country for more than 40 years and have no plans to
give up fighting.”</p>



<p>The
South African rand reacted positively to Ramaphosa’s cabinet, strengthening by
0.5 percent, after an initial loss of one percent before he named the
ministers.</p>



<p>Born November 17, 1952, Ramaphosa  ;is a ;South African politician and the
fifth and current ;President of South Africa. He became President following
the ;resignation ;of ;Jacob Zuma. </p>



<p>Previously an ;anti-apartheid
activist, ;trade union ;leader and businessman, Ramaphosa served as
the ;Deputy President of South Africa ;from 2014 to 2018. </p>



<p>He was elected President of the ;African
National Congress ;(ANC) at the ;ANC National Conference ;in
December 2017. He is also the former Chairman of the ;National Planning
Commission,which is responsible for ;strategic planning ;for the future
of the country, with the goal of rallying South Africa &#8220;around a common
set of objectives and priorities to drive development over the longer term.&#8221;</p>



<p>Ramaphosa is well known as a
businessman, and his estimated ;net worth ;is over R6.4 ;billion
($550 ;million) as of 2018,with 31 propertiesand
previously-held notable ownership in companies such as ;McDonald&#8217;s ;South
Africa, chair of the board for ;MTN ;and member of the board for Lonmin.</p>

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