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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]
A South African general election was held on 29 May 2024 to elect the 28th Parliament of South Africa. [1] [2] Support for the incumbent governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), significantly declined in the election; the ANC remained the largest party but lost its majority in the National Assembly for the first time since the inaugural post-apartheid election in 1994. [3]
Minister of Agriculture (South Africa) Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (South Africa) Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development; Minister of Arts and Culture
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 current minister in the presidency is Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, who was appointed to the position in March 2023. [1]
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 .
James Molteno (1865–1936); First Speaker of the South African Parliament 1910–15; Sir John Molteno (1814–1886); First Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1872–78; Julius Sello Malema (born 1981); former ANCYL president and Currently, – president of the Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF), most notable politician in South Africa.
The minister of home affairs is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with responsibility for the Department of Home Affairs. This position is currently filled by Leon Schreiber , who was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 30 June 2024. [ 2 ]
The Government of South Africa, or South African Government, is the national government of the Republic of South Africa, a parliamentary republic with a three-tier system of government and an independent judiciary, operating in a parliamentary system. Legislative authority is held by the Parliament of South Africa.