South Africa: Zuma`s cocktail for Cabinet
source: IOL
May 14 2009 at 11:02AM
By Moshoeshoe Monare
President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet members hold 45 university degrees among them. This excludes Trevor Manuel’s seven honorary doctorates.
Sports and Recreation Minister Makhenkesi Stofile holds the record of six degrees: two BAs, one honours, two masters and a doctorate, plus a postgraduate diploma. But he still prefers to be called Reverend.
Ten members of Zuma’s national executive have doctorates, including four with medical degrees.
It is the first post-apartheid cabinet to have so many university graduates.
However, academic qualifications do not necessarily equate to competency – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his highly educated cabinet ran down that country.
Zuma opted for a combination of highly educated and politically experienced people.
Former president Nelson Mandela’s ministers were [continue reading]
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