Angie Motshekgas surprise appointment as the new Minister of Defence has ignited a fierce storm of reactions from South Africans on X, with some calling for the long-time education minister to call it a day and retire.
President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled his new inclusive Government of National Unity Cabinet. The Cabinet includes ministers from the ANC, DA, IFP, PA, FF+, PAC and Good.
Ramaphosas new cabinet saw Motshekga moved from the Basic Education Ministry for the first time since 2009. She replaced Thandi Modise as Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.
Motshekga is a teacher by profession, but on the political front she has been working within the education portfolio since 2000, when she was a member of the education portfolio committee in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. In 2004, she became the Gauteng Education MEC and she has no known military experience.
Motshekga possesses a Masters degree from the University of Witwatersrand (Wits), a Bachelor of Educational Science degree also from Wits, a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of the North now University of Limpopo, and a Higher Diploma in Education.
