Taxpayers Pay the Price for Ramaphosa’s Bloated Cabinet Eight Years After Cost Cut Promise

President Cyril Ramaphosa is under renewed criticism for failing to reduce the size of his cabinet eight years after pledging to cut costs. The executive now includes 32 ministers and 43 deputy ministers under the Government of National Unity.

Opposition parties argue the expanded cabinet places further strain on taxpayers and are calling for departments to be merged and deputy minister posts scrapped.