The DA’s federal executive (Fedex) will meet today to decide whether the party teams up with Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA or goes to bed with the ANC to form governments in Johannesburg and Tshwane.
New defence minister Thandi Modise was recalled from parliament to the national cabinet to position her for a higher post in President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration during his second term.
Former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's deployment to the National Assembly after being axed from cabinet is part of an old problem in the ANC of “recycling crisis and promoting loyalty over merit”.