It’s probably unfair to say the ANC was cleaning house given that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s shake-up started on May 29 with the announcement of his new Cabinet.
However, a pending near 50% cut in salary for former ministers – reduced to backbenchers – may have a lot to do with it.
Political analyst Daniel Silke said: “This really is all about the mechanics of the pension benefits from parliament.”
Silke noted that many people were critical of the pension benefits accrued to ex-ministers who were now quitting.
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