Will Jordan replace Ivy?
Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said last year that she will vacate her position in 2009, and rumors are starting to emerge that an established ANC stalwart will take her place.
“Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri is held responsible for the disastrous Telkom privatization and slow progress in opening internet and telephony markets’ She is definitely out,” the Mail & Guardian states.
According to the Mail & Guardian Pallo Jordan ‘is ready for a more senior position’ and may be considered for the position of Communications Minister. Jordan currently heads up the ANC’s internal communications unit.
Another strong candidate is Deputy Communications Minister Roy Padayachie who has long been seen as more progressive than Matsepe-Casaburri and a potential successor to the Minister.
Communications Director General Lyndall Shope-Mafole’s defection to the new ANC breakaway party COPE has taken her out of the running.
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