Larger Cabinet Essential – Zuma

President Jacob Zuma has dismissed suggestions his new executive is too big.

Replying in the National Assembly to points raised during debate on his budget vote, Zuma pointed out that, “Let me assure the House once again that the changes we have made to the configuration of departments are guided by the need to improve service delivery, and to correct the weaknesses that the people had identified.”

“We have done so fully aware of the financial implications of our decisions, and mindful of the constraints that the economic downturn has placed on public finances,” explained Zuma.

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