By OBAKENG MAJE
The ANC in the North West said cabinet reshuffling is imminent and that will take place within seven days. This comes after the swearing-in of its provincial chairperson, Nono Maloyi as the new Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL) in North West on Tuesday afternoon after the resignation of MPL, Kim Medupe.
The ANC provincial secretary, Louis Diremelo said they are also in talks with other ANC MPLs to vacate their seats in order to make way for other provincial leaders such as Jostinah Mothibe, Wendy Nelson, and Lazarus Mokgosi amongst others.
“The ANC in the province took a decision to replenish the list. So, we wanted the legislature to actually reflect the ANC provincial leadership that has just been elected. Also, we want to make sure that we strengthen the legislature and have stability.
“Those who will resign will not be thrown out in the cold, but they will be redeployed somewhere strategic to sustain what they are doing. We have not encountered any formal resistance from them and we hope to reach an agreement before the end of this week,” he said.
On reshuffling, Diremelo further said, either the legislature or cabinet in the province should reflect the newly-elected provincial leadership. He added that, they will not use a yardstick to measure performance and evaluate their cabinet members when removing them.
“I will not point out which portfolios are going to be affected. So, reshuffling will be done after our consultative engagements with ANC officials. Just to clear the air, Medupe was not forced to resign and she did that voluntarily.
“She is going to be re-deployed somewhere strategic either in the government or private. Our alliance partners were highly briefed about these developments during our Alliance Council Meeting (ACM). Fortunately, we have found each other and again, there will be a series of meetings afterward,” he said.
Maloyi said he is more than ready to ascend to any position ANC deploys him to.
Meanwhile, NWPL speaker, Sussana Dantjie said: “I have received the resignation letter from ANC MPL, Kim Medupe who was serving as a full-time member of the North West Provincial Legislature (NWPL).
“I have also received a letter from the ANC in terms of the Electoral Act 73 of 1990 A Schedule 1 Section 93 (1), which states that in the event of a vacancy in the legislature to which this schedule applies, the party which the vacating member represented must fill the vacancy by nominating a person who is the next qualified and available person on the list.”
She added: “I’ve also checked with the revised list of the ANC as gazetted by the party on gazette number 8425. I am satisfied that, Dumile Patrick Nono Maloyi is the next in line of the party list as submitted by the ANC Provincial Secretary, Louis Diremelo.”
Dantjie further said, the swearing-in is needed in terms of Section 107 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, which states that before a Member of a Provincial Legislature (MPL) begins to perform their functions in the Legislature, they must be sworn in or be affirmed to be faithful to the Republic and be obedient to the Constitution in accordance with Schedule 2.”
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