Speaker, the ANC welcomes the Cabinet reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma. The intervention follows continuous monitoring and evaluation of the performance of all ANC cadres deployed in Cabinet.
It was guided by the need to speed up effective service delivery in education and health, crime fighting, rural development and land reform and job creation, as mandated by our 2009 election manifesto.
The ANC further wishes to congratulate the newly appointed Ministers and their deputies and pays tribute to outgoing Ministers and deputies who have served the ANC-led government, confident that they will continue to make meaningful contributions in areas where they will find themselves or be redeployed to. I thank you. [Applause.]