Former Mpumalanga MEC for agriculture, Mandla Msibi, has been reinstated to the Mpumalanga Government cabinet.
Meanwhile, both Vusi Mkhatshwa and Mohita Latchminarain were fired from it.
These changes were announced by the premier, Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, on Friday October 7 during a media briefing held at the Provincial Government Complex.

Msibi’s inclusion to the cabinet comes weeks after he was acquitted by the Mpumalanga High Court on the murder charges he was facing.

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During the media briefing, Mtshweni-Tsipane announced that she has decided to place Msibi back in his former department, co-operative governance and traditional affairs.

Msibi will replace his political boss, Mandla Ndlovu, who has since been moved to the Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport, replacing Latchminarain.

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Mkhatshwa will be replaced by Nompumelelo Hlophe.

“As part of my government’s efforts to advance and expedite service delivery, today I am announcing measures that will bring rapid advancement in the improvement of the lives of our people in Mpumalanga.
“These changes to the composition of the provincial cabinet are necessitated by our desire to attain the targets we had set for this Medium-Term Strategic Framework, while accelerating the implementation of our economic reconstruction and recovery plan and the overall implementation of the key deliverables as set out in the National Development Plan, as well as the Mpumalanga Development Plan,” said Mtshweni-Tsipane.