On Thursday, president Ramaphosa made a point of hosting the "take a girl child to work" day, where he told student he wanted to be a lawyer from a very young age. Many hope that the presence of women will help in poverty alleviation especially among rural women.
The most unexpected move was the appointment of the former Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille. She set up the Good party after she was forced to resign from the opposition Democratic Alliance following an acrimonious power struggle.
However, the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party said in a statement that the idea that he had reduced the size of the cabinet from 36 to 28 ministers
( "bloated cabinet"), was "the first sign of absolute dishonesty" because, at the same time, he had increased the number of deputy ministers.
Mr Ramaphosa has pledged to root out corruption but correspondents say eyebrows have been raised that he retained Deputy president David Mabuza, a former Ally of former president Jacob Zuma who had denied allegations of involvement in political killings and illegal tenders.
Nevertheless, South Africa is the only African country who have achieved gender-balanced within their government. Rwanda and Ethiopia have over 50 per cent of women in parliamentary positions.
SOURCE: BBC News
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