Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, on sick leave for a month – illness undisclosed – will be temporarily replaced by Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, who has been appointed in an acting position until 30 September, reports The Citizen.
The appointment was announced last week, with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya saying Ndabeni-Abrahams would undertake all functions while Motsoaledi was off.
Meanwhile, as campaigning remains in full swing before the local government election on 4 November, Ndabeni-Abrahams, who is also chairperson of the ANC’s local government intervention task team, told the media in Johannesburg that the deterioration of the country’s biggest metro began in 2016, when the DA took its first stint at governing the city.
She admitted, however, that the ANC had learnt some lessons since the 2021 local government elections and now wants to correct the weaknesses it has observed in municipal governance.
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