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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.
Godlimpi began his career at ANC headquarters at Luthuli House, working as the ANCYL's national policy coordinator from 2013 to 2014. [3] In 2014, he entered public service, becoming an economic researcher at the Department of Trade and Industry; he was stationed in the office of the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, a position then held by Mzwandile Masina. [3]
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.
[1] [2] Attended by 4,426 voting delegates, [3] the conference elected the party's 87-member National Executive Committee, including the top officials – for the first time referred to as the "Top Seven," rather than the "Top Six," following an amendment to the party's constitution to introduce a second deputy secretary-general position ...
Ahead of the May 2024 general election, Mhlauli stood as an ANC candidate, ranked 22nd on the party's national list. [21] She was elected to a seat in the National Assembly, and on 30 June President Ramaphosa announced her appointment as Deputy Minister in the Presidency. [4]
In February 2021, home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi appointed a ministerial advisory committee led by Valli Moosa to recommend a new electoral system. [38] While the committee was divided, a slim majority of members favoured a mixed-member proportional system, with half of the seats elected in single-member constituencies and the other ...
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.
In 2015, she was co-opted as a member of the ANC National Executive Committee, [6] and she was elected to a full five-year term on the committee at the ANC's 54th National Conference in December 2017. [7] Indeed, at the 2017 conference, she was the third-most popular candidate, behind only Zweli Mkhize and Lindiwe Zulu. [7]