Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi announced his much-anticipated cabinet on Tuesday night.
This follows deadlocked negotiations between the ANC and the DA which resulted in the parties not being able to find an agreeable settlement upon which to share power and form a government. After three cabinet announcement postponements, Lesufi said these circumstances brought about new territory that he had to navigate.
''These are uncharted waters, there will be mishaps, there will be misunderstandings and issues that will bring us together. But we must also accept that there will be issues that divide us.
I always argue, and I will maintain that argument. But in a boxing match, it's better to box inside the boxing ring because there are rules and regulations rather than to box outside the ring, where there are no rules and regulations.
He said he hoped that the new executive would find a working arrangement to bring about stability and prosperity in the province.
