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The Presidency

Governs South Africa

Official website (thepresidency.gov.za) Report a problem with this page

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Who sits on it

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Sources for who sits on it

  • President of South Africa gov.za · checked
  • Cyril Ramaphosa as President of South Africa api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Deputy President gov.za · checked
  • Shipokosa Paul Mashatile as Deputy President api.pmg.org.za · checked
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What it can do

  • Head of state and head of the national executive

    The President is head of state and head of the national executive and exercises executive authority together with the other members of the Cabinet (Constitution ss83, 85).

  • Assent to and sign Bills

    The President assents to and signs Bills passed by Parliament, or refers them back or to the Constitutional Court (Constitution s79).

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Sources for what it can do

  • Head of state and head of the national executive gov.za · checked
  • Assent to and sign Bills gov.za · checked
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Sources

  • gov.za · checked Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 (gov.za), read 2026-10-12: structure of the Presidency, Cabinet, Parliament, National Assembly, NCOP and Constitutional Court; websites from the bodies themselves. For: The Presidency
  • gov.za · checked Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 (gov.za), read 2026-10-12: sections cited in each power description. For: Head of state and head of the national executive, Assent to and sign Bills
  • gov.za · checked Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 (gov.za), sections 46, 52, 60, 64, 86, 91, 167, 174, read 2026-10-12: sizes and how each office is filled. 2024 regional seat split from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_African_general_election (Wikipedia fallback; sums to 200). For: President of South Africa, Deputy President
  • api.pmg.org.za · checked PMG member API (current flag, house, party) read 2026-10-12, with Parliament ministers page https://www.parliament.gov.za/ministers, Presiding Officers pages https://www.parliament.gov.za/na-presiding-officers and https://www.parliament.gov.za/ncop-presiding-officers, Constitutional Court judges page and gov.za leaders page https://www.gov.za/about-government/leaders: who holds each office now. President Ramaphosa re-elected by the National Assembly 14 June 2024 and sworn in 19 June 2024; Deputy President Mashatile since 7 March 2023; Speaker and Deputy Speaker elected 14 June 2024; other start dates left empty because no source was read. Fallback: Parliamentary Monitoring Group API (api.pmg.org.za/member/), because the member list on parliament.gov.za is rendered by script and blocked to automated browsers (WAF); party counts give exactly 400 once one non-member minister is excluded. For: Cyril Ramaphosa as President of South Africa, Shipokosa Paul Mashatile as Deputy President

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