JOHANNESBURG: The sacking of South Africa's finance minister in a cabinet purge was greeted Friday with dismay within the ruling ANC party, which faces one of its biggest tests since leading the fight against apartheid.

President Jacob Zuma made 20 new government appointments after a dramatic late-night cull that sent the rand currency plunging and triggered accusations that he was promoting corruption.

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