Two Western Cape MECs aligned to ousted provincial premier Ebrahim Rasool were on Thursday dropped from the provincial cabinet in a reshuffle announced by new premier Lynne Browne.

MEC for Community Safety Leonard Ramatlakane and MEC of Local Government and Housing Richard Dyantyi were dropped.

MEC for Environmental Planning and Economic Affairs Tasneen Essop, another Rasool ally, resigned.

While the rest of the MECs survived the reshuffle, a majority of them were shifted from their current portfolios.

MEC for Social Development Kholeka Mqulwana will now become MEC for Transport and Public Works; MEC for Sport and Cultural Affairs Whitey Jacobs will take up the Housing Portfolio; MEC for Transport and Public Works Marius Fransman will move to the Health Portfolio; MEC for Health Pierre Uys will move to the Environmental Affairs and Development Planning; and Education MEC Cameron Dugmore will take up the Sport and Cultural Affairs Portfolio.
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