In May 2019 Africanews reported that South Africa’s new cabinet lineup placed it with Ethiopia and Rwanda in a small group of African governments claiming gender parity in top posts.
Abiy Ahmed’s early appointments of women to senior ministries had already become a talking point in African politics coverage, and Pretoria’s move refreshed that comparison.
Parity claims do not settle deeper power questions, but they remain a dated marker of how reformers marketed inclusive cabinets.
Kept as gender and politics archive, the Africanews brief records the May 2019 gender-parity cabinet club narrative.
Sources: Africanews