{"id":90793,"date":"2025-09-30T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mckenzie-absent-at-cabinet-lekgotla-amid-gnu-uncertainty"},"modified":"2025-09-30T15:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:51:14","slug":"mckenzie-absent-at-cabinet-lekgotla-amid-gnu-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mckenzie-absent-at-cabinet-lekgotla-amid-gnu-uncertainty","title":{"rendered":"McKenzie Absent at Cabinet Lekgotla Amid GNU Uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie was a no-show on Tuesday at the extended Cabinet lekgotla, with his future in the Government of National Unity (GNU) uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriotic Alliance (PA) president has recently threatened to resign from his ministerial position if his deputy president, Kenny Kunene, is not reinstated as the MMC for transport by the Johannesburg mayor.<\/p>\n<p>As members of the national executive meet in Pretoria on Tuesday for a strategy session on growing the economy, McKenzie\u2019s absence is noticeably conspicuous.<\/p>\n<p>For Tuesday\u2019s Cabinet lekgotla, members of the national executive have been given their marching orders on how they can grow the country\u2019s economy in their respective departments.<\/p>\n<p>When the media was let inside the meeting hall, McKenzie was not among those present.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet spokesperson, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, had this to say about his absence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The issues of who pulls out [of the GNU], who doesn\u2019t pull out is not an issue of Cabinet, it\u2019s an issue of political parties. 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