John Steenhuisen sacked as minister of Agriculture as the DA makes changes in the GNU [SOUND]

# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has removed John Steenhuisen as minister of Agriculture following an assessment of the party’s team in the government of national unity. Steenhuisen will replace Alexandra Abrahams as deputy minister of Trade, Industry and Competition. The current minister for Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, would succeed Steenhuisen, while David Maynier will replace Aucamp. Yusuf Cassim is now deputy minister of Higher Education, and Jack Bloom is deputy minister of Water and Sanitation. Hill-Lewis says these changes were necessary: