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Who is Pule's replacement?

Johannesburg, 09 Jul 2013
Yunus Carrim - up until this afternoon the deputy of co-operative governance and traditional affairs.
Yunus Carrim - up until this afternoon the deputy of co-operative governance and traditional affairs.

Following a number of changes made to President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet, axed communications minister Dina Pule has been replaced by Yunus Carrim - up until this afternoon the deputy of co-operative governance and traditional affairs.

Chair of the National Youth Action in Pietermaritzburg between 1972 and 1973, Carrim was active in anti-apartheid activism throughout the 1970's.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree, and a Masters in Sociology from the University of Warwick in England and an International Diploma in Journalism from Darlington College of Technology in England.

Carrim has worked as a member of branch and regional structures of the ANC and the South African Communist Party and as chairperson of the Membership of Legislatures ad hoc committee in 1997.

This was followed by an extended period as chairperson of the provincial and local Government Portfolio Committee from March 1998 to June 2004.

He was also a Senior Lecturer in sociology at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Democratic Alliance shadow minister of communications Marian Shinn has expressed concerns around the future of SA's ICT sector. "While I do not know that much about [Pule's replacement], Carrim, I understand he is an ardent communist and fan of nationalisation".

While I do not know that much about [Pule's replacement], Carrim, I understand he is an ardent communist and fan of nationalisation.

Shinn says she hopes Carrim's term in office will not lead to increased government control of the sector and interference with the market dynamics "that are so essential to the flourishing of the ICT sector and the taking to market of competitive, affordable products and services".

Former deputy justice minister Andries Nel replaces deputy of co-operative governance and traditional affairs.

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