Unsuccessful ministers reveal their retirement plans

Farming, family time and church duties top the to-do lists of former ministers who will not be returning to parliament.

Senzeni Zokwanas hopes the programmes he implemented during his tenure will continue under the new administration. File photo: DAVID HARRISON/SUNDAY TIMES He said his small-scale fisheries programme benefited a lot of farming communities which could not have been allocated fishing rights considering the costs involved. Zokwana would continue in his role as SACP boss.

Kebby Maphatsoe:"I’m still the president of Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association so I will play an oversight role." File photo: WALDO SWIEGERS/SUNDAY TIMES

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