{"id":27665,"date":"2023-06-05T17:58:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/dpm-out-of-the-country-neal-acting"},"modified":"2023-06-05T18:51:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T18:51:40","slug":"dpm-out-of-the-country-neal-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/dpm-out-of-the-country-neal-acting","title":{"rendered":"DPM OUT OF THE COUNTRY, NEAL ACTING"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Neal Rijkenberg is the Acting Deputy Prime Minister.<\/b><\/p>\n

The country\u2019s Minister of Finance, Neal Rijkenberg, has been placed as the Acting Deputy Prime Minister as of today.<\/p>\n

Rijkenberg will be standing in for Deputy Prime Minister Themba Nhlanganiso Masuku, who is currently out of the country.<\/p>\n

Confirming this was Deputy Government Spokesperson Thabile Mdluli, who was notifying the press that His Excellency Prime Minister Cleopas Dlamini would be returning from Turkiye through KMIII Airport in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn another note, please also note that the DPM is currently out of the country in Taiwan. The Acting DPM will be Minister Neal Rijkenberg (sic),\u201d said Mdluli.<\/p>\n

Efforts to get regarding the Masuku\u2019s return proved to be futile by the time this article was compiled this morning.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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