Cape Town - Trevor Manuel's time as finance minister will soon be running out and he will be replaced in the Zuma cabinet, by Pravin Gordhan, commissioner of the South African Revenue Service.This will be one of the interesting changes planned for the new cabinet of the president elect, Jacob Zuma, who will be sworn in next Saturday.
Reliable sources indicate that Manuel will be moved to a new cabinet post, a kind of co-ordinating portfolio, from where he will oversee all economic departments.
This could include the department of trade and industry, finance and public enterprise.
Though it seems impressive, it will take him out of policy making and implementation, an important position within the ANC.
Another possible appointment to cabinet, may be Dr Blade Nzimande, the general secretary of the South African Communist Party.
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