In the latest round of ministerial musical chairs, communications minister Roy Padayachie has been shuffled to public service and administration, replacing Richard Baloyi who, in turn, has moved to co-operative governance and traditional affairs.
Padayachie has spent less than a year in the communications portfolio, having taken over from former minister Siphiwe Nyanda during a large-scale Cabinet reshuffle towards the end of last year.
The latest reshuffle was announced this afternoon by president Jacob Zuma, during a special media briefing in Pretoria.
Dina Pule, until now the deputy minister for performance monitoring and evaluation, will take over from Padayachie, who is currently in Switzerland attending the International Telecommunications Union World Telecom 2011 event.
Deputy communications minister Obed Bapela has been appointed as deputy minister in the presidency for performance monitoring and evaluation.
Zuma did not provide reasons for the reshuffle. He also did not indicate where Sicelo Shiceka, previously co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister, would be redeployed.
Shiceka has been on sick leave for several months.
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