Political analyst, Enoch Maponya says the political parties represented in the Government of National Unity (GNU) should share ministerial positions proportionally according to the votes received during the May 29 general elections.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is yet to announce his cabinet in the GNU, almost two weeks after assuming office.
Maponya believes that the delay could have been averted, if the President had taken decisions based on the parties performances during the elections.
I think the delays are necessary because the 10 parties that are in the Government of National Unity have been given votes by the people. Now, what the parties need to do is to get a neutral mathematician who will calculate exactly the number of posts which the group is entitled to. For instance, if the Cabinet posts are 30, you will find that the ANC might be entitled to 18, DA nine and the other eight parties will be entitled to three. So its easy to determine the number of positions based on the number of votes they have obtained.
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