Too many cabinet posts

This will be one of the largest cabinet Zimbabwe has ever had since independence. Questions will continue being raised about the need and cost of such a large grouping.
The government conceded that the cabinet was large, but said it was necessary to include all communities across the country.
Tsvangirai’s MDC, which argued for 15 ministries compared to the 46 that have been agreed, is expected to get half the cabinet seats though it was unclear which ones.
Information minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, while warning journalists to report responsibly in the transitional period, said no price was too high to ensure peace, harmony and reconciliation, healing and stability that will spur and grow the economy and create even more wealth.
But the head of the National Constitutional Assembly, Lovemore Madhuku, accused Zimbabwe’s political leaders of creating a “totally wasteful government”.
Political commentator Ronald Shumba said: “This is a very bad start for a coalition that has yet to be accepted by a majority of Zimbabweans. We don’t need all these ministries and can’t afford them.”
The ministers and their deputies will be entitled to forex-denominated salaries of over USD10,000 each, official Mercedez Benz vehicles, allowances, and several perks including land, housing and schooling.
It is estimated the cost of the new cabinet as costing more than USD300,000 a month.
About 80 per cent of Zimbabwe’s population lives on less than USD1 a day.
Business groups have long complained Zimbabwe’s public wage bill takes too large a portion of expenditure, eating into money that would otherwise alleviate poverty.