THE South Coast Fever congratulates Dr. Siyabonga Cwele on his appointment to President Motlanthe’s cabinet, and Ms. Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge for being promoted to Deputy Speaker of Parliament. We are proud of you for being members of our community. Besides being a medical doctor, Dr. Cwele has distinguished himself as a hardworking and competent Parliamentarian. He is a very popular appointment as Minister of Intelligence.
Ms. Madlala-Routledge proved last year that she was no pushover when as Deputy Minister of Health she crossed swords with the then Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang over what she regarded as the government’s deficient HIV Aids policy and bad hospital management. For her efforts she was fired by President Mbeki but lauded by many for her courageous stance.
We wish them well in their new posts. They are bound to make a huge difference in the quality of our government, and it is high time that more people of their ilk be promoted into high government office. There are still far too many pieces of political deadwood drifting around the corridors of power.
Another politician deserving to be congratulated is the new Speaker of the Hibiscus Coast Council, Cllr. Ronnie Nair. He too is a very popular choice and somebody who has shown that there is no substitute for dedication and hard work. We wish you well, Mr. Speaker, and are convinced that the HCM will benefit from your obvious talent for service delivery.
BEFORE his appointment to the cabinet, Dr. Cwele served as Chairperson of the ANC´s Lower South Coast Region for more than ten years. He has been a member of Parliament since 1994, and is now the new Minister of Intelligence.
MR RAVI Pillay, has been promoted to ANC Chief Whip in the KZN Provincial Legislature. Four months ago, the former Speaker of the Ugu District Municipality was appointed ANC Deputy Chief Whip in the Legislature, following the April 2009 elections.
Congratulations to well known Hibiscus Coast resident and politician Ravi Pillay, who has just been appointed as Chief Whip of the ANC in the KZN Provincial Legislature.
Lower South Coast Members of the IFP have been called into the National and Provincial Parliaments to serve wider constituencies. Last month, Narend Singh was re-admitted to serve in the National Parliament and now, last Thursday, Inkosi Ngamzizwe Moses Zamindlela Madlala was admitted to the KZN Provincial Legislature.
