Fishing Industry Waits Out Cabinet Portfolio Politics

When the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) new leader Geordin Hill-Lewis announced ministerial changes to portfolios represented by his party, he clearly didn’t expect a backlash. One of the changes was to shift Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Willie Aucamp, to the Agriculture portfolio, and to replace him with David Maynier. Aucamp has only been in the job since the end of November so the news did not go down well even though everyone knows that Ministers are really only Departmental figureheads. As there’s still no clarity from the Presidency, the fishing industry remains in limbo. Policy analyst, Jeremy Marillier provides further insight.