Cabinet of South Africa

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use South African English Template:Infobox executive government Script error: No such module "Sidebar". The Cabinet of South Africa is the most senior level of the executive branch of the Government of South Africa. It is made up of the president, the deputy president, and the ministers.[1]

Overview

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 president may select any number of ministers. The ministers must be selected from the members of the National Assembly, with the exception that up to two ministers may be selected from outside the assembly.[5] The deputy president and ministers may be from various political parties, reflecting the outcomes of the general election or coalition agreements. Members of the cabinet are accountable collectively and individually to Parliament for the exercise of their powers and the performance of their functions.[6]

The president must appoint a member of the cabinet to be the leader of government business in the National Assembly.[7]

The president appoints deputy ministers to assist the relevant ministers in the execution of their duties[8] but they are not members of the cabinet.[9] Deputy ministers must be selected from the members of the National Assembly. The exception is that up to two ministers may be selected from outside the assembly, but they are accountable to Parliament for the exercise of their powers and the performance of their function.[10]

The cabinet is responsible for the general direction and administration of the government of South Africa.

The composition and responsibilities of cabinet members and deputy ministers may be reconfigured by the president as required to enhance efficiency and address the nation's priorities. This reconfiguration is part of the president's executive powers to organize the government in a way that they believe will best serve national interests.[11]

The term of a previous president ends when the new president is sworn into office by the Chief Justice of the Republic.[12][13]

A cabinet member or deputy minister's term of office begins upon their swearing-in, not upon the announcement of their appointment by the president.[14] Their term of office ends when the new president is sworn in, including when a current president is re-inaugurated following an election.[15][13]

Current cabinet

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President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his cabinet on 30 June 2024, sixteen days after being elected president of the 7th administration on 14 June 2024. The delay in settling the cabinet followed the ANC securing only about 40% of the vote in the May national election. When announcing the cabinet president Ramaphosa stated, "In casting their votes, the people [of South Africa] made it clear that they expect political parties to work together to deliver on a mandate of transformation, growth, and renewal. To give effect to this mandate, it was agreed that a Government of National Unity, which brings together parties from across the political spectrum, should be formed."[16]

This Government of National Unity (GNU) was formed by the African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance (DA), Patriotic Alliance (PA), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Good Party (Good), Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), Freedom Front Plus (FF+), United Democratic Movement (UDM), Al Jama-ah, Rise Mzansi (Rise) and UAT,[17] although the UAT withdrew on 12 July 2024 after it did not receive any positions in the Cabinet.[18] The partnership between the GNU parties is guided by a Statement of Intent, which outlines fundamental principles and a minimum programme of priorities.

The following table details the distribution of Parliamentary seats,[19] cabinet members (which include the president and deputy president), and deputy ministers among the parties currently in the GNU. The background colours in the table highlight the relative value of the numbers, with darker shades representing higher values. See below for proportions and ratios regarding these executive positions.

Distribution of Seats and Executive Positions Among GNU Parties
Party Seats Cabinet members Deputy Ministers Total
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | ANC 159 22 31 53
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | DA 87 6 5 11
style="background:Template:Party color;" | IFP 17 2 2 4
style="background:Template:Party color;" | PA 9 1 - 1
style="background:Template:Party color;" | FF+ 6 1 - 1
style="background:Template:Party color;" | UDM 3 - 1 1
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | Rise 2 - - 0
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Aljama 2 - 1 1
style="background:Template:Party color;" | PAC 1 1 - 1
style="background:Template:Party color;" | Good 1 1 - 1
Total 287 34 40 74

The Cabinet

After the 2024 national and provincial election, president Cyril Ramaphosa announced the GNU cabinet and deputy ministers on 30 June 2024.[17][20] The current members of the cabinet of the GNU are listed in the table below.[21] The deputy president and initial set of ministers officially took office upon their swearing-in on 3 July 2024.[22]

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Office Portrait Holder and party of origin Term started and
days in office
President File:Mr. Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General with H. E. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, President, South Africa (cropped).jpg Cyril Ramaphosa
(born 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Deputy president File:Paul Mashatile.jpg Paul Mashatile
(born 1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Agriculture File:John Steenhuisen 2024.jpg John Steenhuisen
(born 1976)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|DAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Basic Education File:Siviwe Gwarube 2024.jpg Siviwe Gwarube
(born 1989)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|DAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies File:Solly Malatsi 2024.jpg Solly Malatsi
(born 1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|DAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa
(born 1965)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|IFPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Correctional Services File:PJ Groenewald (cropped).jpg Pieter Groenewald
(born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|FF+Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans File:Angie Motshekga at Lanseria.jpeg Angie Motshekga
(born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Electricity and Energy File:City of Tshwane Mayor, Mr Kgosientso Ramokgopa (cropped).jpg Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
(born 1974)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Employment and Labour Nomakhosazana Meth
(born 1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Finance File:SA Finance Minister Godongwana with US Treasury Secretary Yellen in 2022 (cropped).jpg Enoch Godongwana
(born 1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Willie Aucamp
(born 1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|DAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Health File:South Africa Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi (cropped).jpg Aaron Motsoaledi
(born 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Higher Education File:Nobuhle Nkabane South Africa (sq cropped).jpg Nobuhle Nkabane
(born 1979)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Home Affairs File:Leon Schreiber 2024.jpg Leon Schreiber
(born 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|DAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Human Settlements File:Minister of Energy Mmamoloko Kubayi.jpg Mmamoloko Kubayi
(born 1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation File:Ronald Lamola (cropped).jpg Ronald Lamola
(born 1983)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Thembi Nkadimeng
(born 1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development Mzwanele Nyhontso
(born 1974)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|PACScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources File:Secretary Yellen meets Minister Gwede Mantashe 2 (cropped).jpg Gwede Mantashe
(born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation File:Maropene Ramokgopa on Only 4tv.jpg Maropene Ramokgopa
(born 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Police File:Senzo Mchunu on PolitySA.jpg Senzo Mchunu
(born 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister in the Presidency File:South African Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni (cropped).jpg Khumbudzo Ntshavheni
(born 1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Public Service and Administration File:Mzamo Buthelezi on PolitySA.jpg Mzamo Buthelezi
(born 1960)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|IFPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure File:Dean Macpherson 2024.jpg Dean Macpherson
(born 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|DAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation File:Blade Nzimande - Unisa Roundtable.jpg Blade Nzimande
(born 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Small Business Development File:Stella Tembisa Ndabeni Abrahams (cropped).jpg Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams
(born 1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe
(born 1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie
(born 1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|PAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Tourism File:Patricia de Lille 2023.jpeg Patricia de Lille
(born 1951)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|GOODScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition File:(Parks Tau) Cohesión social, desarrollo económico y educación emocional, nuevas reglas para la convivencia en las ciudades.jpg Parks Tau
(born 1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Transport File:Barbara Creecy.jpg Barbara Creecy
(born 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Water and Sanitation File:Pemmy Majodina.jpg Pemmy Majodina
(born 1967)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities File:Sindiswe Chikunga.jpg Sindisiwe Chikunga
(born 1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".

Deputy Ministers

Deputy ministers are appointed by the president of South Africa. They are not members of the cabinet. They assist cabinet ministers in the execution of their duties. The current deputy ministers are listed in the table below. The original group of deputy ministers officially took office upon their swearing-in on 3 July 2024.[22]

Department Deputy Minister Party Term started &
days in office
Agriculture Rosemary Capa ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Basic Education Reginah Mhaule ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Communications and Digital Technologies Mondli Gungubele ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Dickson Masemola ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (2nd Deputy) Zolile Burns-Ncamashe rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;" ! |ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Defence and Military Veterans Bantu Holomisa ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|UDMScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Defence and Military Veterans (2nd Deputy) Richard Mkhungo ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Electricity and Energy Samantha Graham ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|DAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Employment and Labour Jomo Sibiya ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Employment and Labour (2nd Deputy) Phumzile Mgcina ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Finance David Masondo ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Finance (2nd Deputy) Ashor Sarupen ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|DAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Narend Singh ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|IFPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2nd Deputy) Bernice Swarts ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Health Joe Phaahla ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Higher Education Buti Manamela ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Higher Education (2nd Deputy) Mimmy Gondwe ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|DAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Home Affairs Njabulo Nzuza ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Human Settlements Tandi Mahambehlala ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
International Relations and Cooperation Alvin Botes ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
International Relations and Cooperation (2nd Deputy) Thandi Moraka ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Justice and Constitutional Development Andries Nel ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Land Reform and Rural Development Chupu Stanley Mathabatha ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Judith Nemadzinga-Tshabalala ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Seiso Mohai ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Police Polly Boshielo ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Police (2nd Deputy) Cassel Mathale ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Public Service and Administration Pinky Kekana ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Public Works and Infrastructure Sihle Zikalala ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Science, Technology and Innovation Nomalungelo Gina ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Small Business Development Jane Sithole ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|DAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Social Development Ganief Hendricks ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|Al Jama-ahScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Sport, Arts and Culture Peace Mabe ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Tourism Maggie Sotyu ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Trade, Industry and Competition Zuko Godlimpi ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
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Transport Mkhuleko Hlengwa ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|IFPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
Water and Sanitation David Mahlobo ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".
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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Mmapaseka Steve Letsike ! rowspan="1" style="color:#F2F3F4;background:Template:Party color;|ANCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".: Script error: No such module "age".

Proportions and ratios of positions as between GNU parties

The table below details the distribution of parliamentary seats, cabinet members, and deputy ministers among the parties of the GNU. The percentages represent the proportion of each category held by GNU parties only, excluding other parties in Parliament.[17] The background colours in the table highlight the relative value of the numbers, with darker shades representing higher values.

Proportions of parliamentary seats and executive position between GNU parties
Party % of Seats % Cabinet Members % Deputy Ministers % Total
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white; font-weight:bold;" | ANC 55.2% 64.7% 77.5% 71.6%
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | DA 30.2% 17.6% 12.5% 14.9%
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | IFP 5.9% 5.9% 5.0% 5.4%
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | PA 3.1% 2.9% 1.4%
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | FF+ 2.1% 2.9% 1.4%
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | UDM 1.0% 2.5% 1.4%
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white; font-weight:bold;" | Rise 0.7% 0.0%
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | Aljama 0.7% 2.5% 1.4%
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | PAC 0.3% 2.9% 1.4%
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | Good 0.3% 2.9% 1.4%

The table below illustrates the ratios of executive positions to Parliamentary seats among the parties of the GNU.[17] The background colours in the table highlight the relative value of the numbers, with darker shades representing higher values.

Ratios of cabinet and deputy minister positions to parliamentary seats among GNU parties
Party Ratio: Cabinet members vs Seats Ratio: Deputy Ministers vs Seats Ratio: Cabinet & Deputies vs seats
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white; font-weight:bold;" | ANC 1.17 1.48 1.33
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | DA 0.58 0.44 0.51
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | IFP 1.00 1.00 0.47
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | PA 0.94 0.00 0.44
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | FF+ 1.41 0.00 0.67
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | UDM 0.00 2.53 1.33
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white; font-weight:bold;" | Rise 0.00 0.00 0.00
style="background:Template:Party color; font-weight:bold;" | Aljama 0.00 3.79 2.00
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white; font-weight:bold;" | PAC 8.47 0.00 4.00
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white; font-weight:bold;" | Good 8.47 0.00 4.00

Changes to ministerial portfolios from 2009

The president may restructure cabinet at his discretion, meaning that ministerial portfolios may be changed or dissolved.[23] Defunct ministerial portfolios include those in the table below. They are listed chronologically by the year within which they were dissolved or changed.

Portfolio Start End / Change Successor Ministries
Education 1989 2009 Divided into the Basic Education and the Higher Education and Training.[24]
Agriculture and Land Affairs 1996 2009 Divided into sections absorbed into the new Rural Development and Land Reform and into the new Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.[24]
Correctional Services
(formerly Ministry of Prisons) 		1990 2014 Merged into the new Justice and Correctional Services.[25]
Telecommunications and Postal Services 2014 2018 Absorbed into Communications.[26]
Arts and Culture 2004 2019 Merged to create the Sport, Arts and Culture.[27]
Sport and Recreation
(formerly Sport) 		1993
Rural Development and Land Reform 2009 2019 Merged into the new Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.[27]
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2009 2019 Merged into the new Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and into the new Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.[27]
Economic Development 2009 2019 Absorbed into the Trade and Industry.[27]
Mineral Resources
(formerly Mining) 		2009 2019 Re-merged to create the Mineral Resources and Energy.[27]
Energy
State Security
(formerly Intelligence Services) 		1999 2021 Abolished and its functions transferred to the Minister in the Presidency.[28]
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 2009 2021 Re-divided into the Human Settlements and the Water and Sanitation.[28]
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 2019 2024 Re-divided into the Agriculture and the Land Reform and Rural Development.[29]
Higher Education, Science and Technology 2019 2024 Divided into the Higher Education and the Science and Technology.[29]
Justice and Correctional Services 2014 2024 Divided into the Justice and Constitutional Development and the Correctional Services.[29]
Public Enterprises 1994 2024 Abolished and functions transferred to the Presidency "during the process of implementing a new shareholder model".[29]
Mineral Resources and Energy 2019 2024 Divided into Mineral and Petroleum Resources and Electricity and Energy.[29]

Milestones

In 1989, Rina Venter became the first woman to hold a cabinet post in South African history.[30] Following the end of apartheid and the first multi-racial elections in 1994, Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa and appointed a Government of National Unity consisting of African National Congress, National Party, and Inkatha Freedom Party members. In 1996, the National Party withdrew from the GNU and the cabinet's composition has been dominated by ANC members since then. The Inkatha Freedom Party continued to hold seats in the government, as minority partners, until the elections of 2004. In 2014, Lynne Brown became the first openly LGBT person to serve as a cabinet minister in South Africa and Africa.[31]

In 2019, president Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the first gender-balanced cabinet in South African history.[32]

Pre-1994 history

On 31 May 1910, former Boer military general and the former prime minister of the Transvaal Colony Louis Botha became the first prime minister of the newly established Union of South Africa—the forerunner of the modern South African state. He appointed the first cabinet of the Union of South Africa after the general election held on 15 September 1910. It consisted of members of the now-defunct South African Party.[33] For the next fourteen years, it only consisted of members of the SAP. Botha died in 1919 and was replaced with another Boer general and SAP member, Jan Smuts.[34]

In 1924, J. B. M. Hertzog of the National Party became prime minister through a coalition with the Labour Party and appointed a cabinet that consisted of National Party and Labour Party members. In 1934, the Hertzog's National Party and the South African Party merged to form the United Party.[35] Hertzog won the 1938 general election, but in 1939 the United Party was divided between supporters of Hertzog and those of his Justice Minister Jan Smuts because of the question of South Africa's role in the Second World War. Hertzog was voted out in the United Party and resigned as prime minister, which allowed Jan Smuts to form a government in coalition with the Dominion Party and the Labour Party.[36] The 1948 general election was won outright by D. F. Malan's Herenigde Nasionale Party and Malan appointed his first cabinet composed of National Party members. For the next forty-six years, South Africa would be governed by the National Party.

On 31 May 1961, South Africa became a republic and Queen Elizabeth II was replaced as head of state with a state president with largely ceremonial powers.[37] The Prime Minister was still head of government and appointed/dismissed members of the cabinet. In 1984, the constitution was amended and the office of prime minister was abolished while the office of state president was given more responsibilities. State president P. W. Botha was now the head of state and head of government.[38] In the 1984 tricameral parliamentary elections, Allan Hendrickse's Labour Party won a majority of seats in the coloured House of Representatives, while Amichand Rajbansi's National People's Party won a plurality of seats in the Indian House of Delegates.[39] Hendrickse and Rajbansi were appointed to serve in Botha's second cabinet as Minister of Coloureds' Affairs and Minister of Indian Affairs, respectively, becoming the first non-white members of the South African cabinet.

Lists of cabinets since 1910

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References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Section 91(1) of the Constitution.
  3. ↑ Section 91(2) of the Constitution.
  4. ↑ Section 91(3)(a) of the Constitution.
  5. ↑ Section 91(3)(b) and (c) of the Constitution.
  6. ↑ Section 92(3)(b) of the Constitution provides that members of the cabinet must "provide Parliament with full and regular reports concerning matters under their control".
  7. ↑ Section 91(4) of the Constitution.
  8. ↑ Section 93(1) of the Constitution.
  9. ↑ They are omitted from Section 91(1), which defines the cabinet.
  10. ↑ Section 93(1) and (2) of the Constitution. While there is no explicit provision that deputy ministers from the assembly are individually accountable to Parliament in the same manner as ministers, they are accountable through the ministers they assist.
  11. ↑ Since the president assigns the ministers' powers and functions in terms of Section 91(2), and by implication also those of deputy ministers.
  12. ↑ Section 88 provides that the president’s term of office begins on assuming office and ends upon a vacancy occurring or when the person next elected president assumes office.
  13. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Section 95 of the Constitution requires that ministers swear or affirm faithfulness to the Republic and obedience to the Constitution ‘’before they commence their duties’’.
  15. ↑ This is derived from section 88 of the Constitution, read with section 91. Section 91(2) states that the president appoints the deputy president and ministers, chooses their responsibilities, and may dismiss them. Thus, when the term of office of a president ends on the inauguration of the next president, so do the terms of their deputy president, ministers and deputy ministers.
  16. ↑ The ore of information informing this section is https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/meet-sas-new-cabinet, regarding the President's announcement on 30 June 2024.
  17. ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  21. ↑ Where incumbents first took office in the same portfolio before the swearing-in of the current cabinet, the earliest date of taking office is used, reflecting practical continuity. However, these terms are not legally continuous. The table considers a previous term only if the portfolio name matches exactly with that in the immediately preceding period.
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