Key City – Economist Dawie Roodt proposed only four ministries needed only four ministries in South Africa’s cabinet: Social, economic, security and finance.
According to Daily investor, ROODT offers more authority to authorize the director general, which controls the most part of the government’s functions.
“This is certainly possible and everything can be in line with these four ministries. There are more deputy ministers, but there are more directors, more directing generals working in special departments, especially under the ministers,” he said.
He added, “The Cabinet of Ministers should be very, even smaller.
The South African executive authority currently consists of 32 ministers and 75 members, including 43 deputy ministers.
Budget deficiency
Roodt’s notes come as a R60 billion budget deficiency, which is a R60 billion budget, which is forced to choose between a R60 billion budget deficiency, a R60 billion budget shortcomings.
In addition to uncertainty, deep divisions within the coalition government are threatening the passage of the newly discussed national budget. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget has already retreated its second-time rejection with the main coalition partners.
Wednesday, Godongwana Initially presented a revised budget that offers a slighter VAT increase than scheduled. However, the Democratic Union (also) and other political parties rejected him rapidly.
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This puts the Anq in a difficult situation, because it should provide at least one support from the greatest opposition parties to pass the budget.
The Minister submitted the initial version of the initial version to the parliament only three weeks after the initial opposition, which was widespread in the proposed opposition.
The latest offer, 2026/27 offers VAT gradually by increasing it with a percentage point by a percentage by the financial year. According to Godongwana, it would be implemented in two stages: in 2025/26, the 0.5-point increase in 0.5 points, increased by another 0.5 points.
The proposal was criticized, and the opposition claims to be an additional burden on the fight against South Africans.
The size of the cabinet has been widely criticized compared to more advanced nations. ROODT confirms political difficulties of reducing the minister, especially the political challenges of coalition policy and protection, its political challenges for its government reform.
Significant reductions
For example, It also envisages the cabinet of 15 ministries until 2029The Center for Development and Enterprise (CDE) also helped significantly reduced.
CDE, public affairs, a few ministry such as small business development and electricity, claims that the overall bureaucracy is violated.
“We believe that the potential coalition government needs to be located in the political truth and various parties in the president’s office. statement In June 2024.
Meanwhile, Vinegar President Cyril Ramaphosa’s current cabinet is more likely than Germany, China, China, China, Brazil and India, the size of Germany, which is only 17 portfolios.
Despite a larger cabinet, the population of South Africa ($ 60 million) and an economy ($ 40 billion GDP) is a population of 84 million and $ 4 trillion.
However, the country’s cabinet, the largest population and economy are smaller than the large population and India, Brazil and India.
At the same time there is an African National Congress (ANC) The cutting of the property of the ministers rejected the idea that South Africa could solve the financial problems.
The party claims that such cuts will not earn enough income to finance the country’s R2.7 trillion budget.
Instead of chords BroomANC, valuable tax (VAT) with a percentage of the next two years, this is a supporter to upgrade as the most effective solution to finance the main government programs.
“The ministers were driving in the range of R1 million. Perks were taken to R500K. The ministers are flying at the international level,” said Fikil Mbalula, An ANC Secretary General, the ministry’s perks spoke about cuts. Tcg
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The Secretary General of the Secretary General, Thursday, during Media Input in Johannesburg, such as Media Input, Limit Credit Cards and Limit the Flight Class, remains the best choice to protect the necessary government’s income.
“The ministers used to drive in the range of R1 million, cut up to R500,000. The ministers were purchased. The ministers are also a shedding economy.
Mbalula noted that when these amendments help, they are not enough to resolve the fundamental budget deficit.
ANC also said that the National Union Government (GNU) is ready to cooperate with parties outside the proposed budget.
