North West premier shakes up provincial cabinet
7 December 2018
The troubled North West government has made several changes to its Provincial Executive Council (PEC), with four MECs being fired as premier Job Mokgoro aims to stabilise the province.
Giving an update on Thursday on the outcomes of the assessment of his provincial performance since his election on June 22, Mokgoro said that great progress had been made, but more work had to be done.
In his sweeping changes, Mokgoro retained four members of the executive and introduced four new heads of portfolios.
The biggest change came with the firing of Health MEC Magome Masike. Under Masike's tenure, health workers went on strike for three months, leaving an already strained health care system crippled. He has been replaced with former MEC for Public Works Madoda Sambatha.