South Africa’s DA leader asks President Ramaphosa for cabinet changes

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM

JOHANNESBURG, June 17 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Democratic Alliance leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa for changes to his party’s representatives in the cabinet, the second-biggest party in the governing coalition said on Wednesday.

Among the changes, Hill-Lewis asked Ramaphosa to remove his predecessor as party leader, John Steenhuisen, as agriculture minister, and make him deputy trade minister instead, the DA said in a statement.

(Reporting by Nellie Peyton;Writing by Sfundo Parakozov;Editing by Alexander Winning)


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