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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 president may select any number of ministers.
The third cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, also known as the Government of National Unity (GNU), is the incumbent cabinet of the Government of South Africa.It was appointed on 30 June 2024 after Ramaphosa's African National Congress (ANC) lost its absolute majority in the May 2024 general election and formed a ten-member coalition government.
The Constitution provides for committees' powers to summon any persons or institutions to provide evidence, for their obligation to provide for public participation in committee activities, and for members' freedom of speech and parliamentary privilege during committee proceedings. [2]
Although deputy ministers are not members of the cabinet, they are appointed by the president and assist cabinet ministers in the execution of their duties. During the term of Ramaphosa's second cabinet, they were, like the cabinet, appointed in May 2019 [ 22 ] and reshuffled in August 2021 [ 23 ] and March 2023.
The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape.It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation system where half of the members are elected proportionally from nine provincial lists and the remaining half from national lists so as to restore ...
Although deputy ministers are not members of the cabinet, they are appointed by the president and assist cabinet ministers in the execution of their duties. During the term of Zuma's second cabinet, they were, like the cabinet, appointed on 25 May 2014, [ 1 ] with the exception of Deputy Minister Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi , the leader of the ...
Dlamini and Bogopane-Zulu had a tense relationship with Parliament and were accused of absenteeism from parliamentary committee meetings. [23] She was retained in her deputy ministerial office by Zuma's successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, under Ministers Susan Shabangu and Lindiwe Zulu. [24]
The 27th South African Parliament was the sixth Parliament of South Africa to convene since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa in 1994. It was elected in the general election of 8 May 2019 and consists of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.