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The cabinet of South Africa consists of the president, deputy president, and ministers. [2] The president appoints the deputy president and ministers, assigns the ministers’ powers and functions, and may dismiss them. [3] The deputy president must be a member of the National Assembly. [4]
The Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, also self-described as a "Government of National Unity" (GNU), was formed following the election of Ramaphosa to a second full term as President of South Africa following the 2024 general election. His party, the African National Congress (ANC), lost its absolute majority in the parliamentary election and ...
The cabinet was the third cabinet in Africa to reach complete gender parity in its composition and the first gender-equal cabinet in South African history. [6] All of its members were affiliated with Ramaphosa's ANC, except for Patricia de Lille , the leader of Good , who was appointed as Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure .
June 30, 2024 at 6:59 PM. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa named a new Cabinet late Sunday night after his African National Congress, the former main ...
The cabinet included members of Mandela's African National Congress, the National Party and Inkatha Freedom Party, as Clause 88 of the Interim Constitution of South Africa required that all parties winning more than 20 seats in National Assembly should be given representation in the cabinet. Upon its formation it comprised 27 ministers, with a ...
Wynand Malan (born 1943); co-founder of Independent Party and Democratic Party. Nelson Mandela (1918–2013); leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe 1961–90; President of South Africa 1994–99. Trevor Manuel (born 1956); Minister of Finance, 1996–2009; Isaac Lesiba Maphotho (1931–2019) South African anti-apartheid activist and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK ...
Formation. 1999. Website. The Presidency. The Minister in the Presidency is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa, appointed by the President of South Africa. The minister has general responsibility for portfolios in the Office of the President of South Africa. Some former Ministers in the Presidency have been assigned specific portfolios.
The first cabinet of Thabo Mbeki was the cabinet of the government of South Africa from 18 June 1999 until 29 April 2004. It was established by President Mbeki after his ascension to the presidency in the 1999 general election, replacing the transitional Government of National Unity. It remained in office until the next general election in 2004 ...