Cape Town – ActionSA has slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa for firing deputy minister of trade, industry and competition Andrew Whitfield, arguing the move is selective and unjustified.
According to SABC, the party has urged the president to go further by dismissing all 42 deputy ministers and introducing sweeping reforms aimed at ensuring accountability for inefficiency, underperformance, and misconduct in government.
“If he is going to fire Whitfield, then he must fire all the deputy ministers because we don’t believe that having deputy ministers makes any sense whatsoever,” the report quoted Action SA Parliamentary Caucus Leader Athol Trollip as saying.
“We have noticed their performance in Parliament over the last year, they add no real substantive value, they have no executive authority and we have one of the biggest cabinets in the world and simply cannot afford it. We believe that you could run this country with 20 ministers and that’s what we should be doing.”
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The party claims the GNU was built on false promises of unity and instead serves elite interests over those of the working class, IOL reported.
MKP Chief Whip Colleen Makhubele highlighted the deep ideological rift between the ANC and the DA, blaming it for government ineffectiveness and policy stagnation.
”This betrayal of the people’s trust perpetuates the status quo of joblessness, inequality, and poverty.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
