New mining minister sworn in

Newly-appointed mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane took the oath of office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

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Pretoria – Newly-appointed mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane took the oath of office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Wednesday afternoon.

In a very short ceremony presided over by President Jacob Zuma, Mosebenzi was sworn into office by Constitutional Court Judge Johann van der Westhuizen.

A few of Zwane’s relatives were in the room.

On Tuesday night, Zuma reshuffled his cabinet slightly, announcing Ngoako Ramatlhodi as new public service and administration minister.

Ramatlhodi was shifted from his post as mineral resources minister, a position which now occupied by Zwane, an ANC MP.

The post of public service and administration minister became vacant when Collins Chabane died in a car accident in March.

“The Minister of Mineral Resources shall be Mr Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane, Member of Parliament, who has previously served as MEC in the portfolios of Agriculture and Rural Development as well as Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs in the Free State provincial government,” Zuma said in the statement announcing the appointment.

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