South Africans are still reeling from a late-night cabinet reshuffle by president Jacob Zuma, which saw the axe fall on heads of vital departments in government.

Zuma announced changes to 10 departments, reshuffling five ministers to different portfolios, while removing an additional five from cabinet altogether.

Among those reshuffled are former sports minister Fikile Mbalula, who is now the minister of Police, and Malusi Gigaba, who moves from home affairs to treasury.

Gigaba’s predecessor, Pravin Gordhan, has been removed from cabinet, along with former energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson, and former transport minister, Dipuo Peters.

Senior officials have expressed confusion over the fact that communications minister Faith Muthambi, who was recommended to be dismissed by Parliament, as well as social development minister Bathabile Dlamini, who recently orchestrated a massive crisis in South Africa’s social grants system, were spared to continue serving in cabinet.

Here are the changes:

Department	New Minister	Old Minister
Minister of Energy	Mmamoloko Kubay	Tina Joemat-Pettersson
Minister of Transport	Joe Maswanganyi	Dipuo Peters
Minister of Finance	Malusi Gigaba	Pravin Gordhan
Minister of Police	Fikile Mbalula	Nathi Nhleko
Minister of Public Works	Nathi Nhleko	Thulas Nxesi
Minister of Sports and Recreation	Thulas Nxesi	Fikile Mbalula
Minister of Tourism	Tokozile Xasa	Derek Hanekom
Minister of Public Service and Administration	Faith Muthambi	Ngoako Ramatlhodi
Minister of Home Affairs	Hlengiwe Mkhize	Malusi Gigaba
Minister of Communications	Ayanda Dlodlo	Faith Muthambi

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