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Cabinet of South Africa

Governs South Africa

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  • Minister of Agriculture gov.za · checked
  • Willem Abraham Stephanus Aucamp as Minister of Agriculture api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Basic Education gov.za · checked
  • Siviwe Gwarube as Minister of Basic Education api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies gov.za · checked
  • Mmoba Solomon Malatsi as Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs gov.za · checked
  • Velenkosini Fiki Hlabisa as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Correctional Services gov.za · checked
  • Petrus Johannes Groenewald as Minister of Correctional Services api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Defence and Military Veterans gov.za · checked
  • Matsie Angelina Motshekga as Minister of Defence and Military Veterans api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Electricity and Energy gov.za · checked
  • Kgosientso David Ramokgopa as Minister of Electricity and Energy api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Employment and Labour gov.za · checked
  • Nomakhosazana Meth as Minister of Employment and Labour api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Finance gov.za · checked
  • Enoch Godongwana as Minister of Finance api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment gov.za · checked
  • David Maynier as Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Health gov.za · checked
  • Pakishe Aaron Motsoaledi as Minister of Health api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Higher Education gov.za · checked
  • Kgwaridi Buti Manamela as Minister of Higher Education api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Home Affairs gov.za · checked
  • Leon Amos Schreiber as Minister of Home Affairs api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Human Settlements gov.za · checked
  • Thembisile Phumelele Simelane as Minister of Human Settlements api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of International Relations and Cooperation gov.za · checked
  • Ronald Ozzy Lamola as Minister of International Relations and Cooperation api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development gov.za · checked
  • Mmamoloko Tryphosa Kubayi as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development gov.za · checked
  • Mzwanele Nyhontso as Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources gov.za · checked
  • Gwede Samson Mantashe as Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation gov.za · checked
  • Maropene Lydia Ramokgopa as Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Police gov.za · checked
  • Firoz Cachalia as Minister of Police api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Public Service and Administration gov.za · checked
  • Elphas Mfakazeleni Buthelezi as Minister of Public Service and Administration api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure gov.za · checked
  • Dean William Macpherson as Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation gov.za · checked
  • Bonginkosi Emmanuel Nzimande as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Small Business Development gov.za · checked
  • Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams as Minister of Small Business Development api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Social Development gov.za · checked
  • Dina Deliwe Pule as Minister of Social Development api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture gov.za · checked
  • Gayton McKenzie as Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister in the Presidency gov.za · checked
  • Khumbudzo Phophi Silence Ntshavheni as Minister in the Presidency api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Tourism gov.za · checked
  • Patricia De Lille as Minister of Tourism api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition gov.za · checked
  • Mpho Parks Franklyn Tau as Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Transport gov.za · checked
  • Barbara Dallas Creecy as Minister of Transport api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Water and Sanitation gov.za · checked
  • Pemmy Castelina Pamela Majodina as Minister of Water and Sanitation api.pmg.org.za · checked
  • Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities gov.za · checked
  • Lydia Sindisiwe Chikunga as Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities api.pmg.org.za · checked
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What it can do

  • Implement and administer national legislation

    The Cabinet implements national legislation, develops and implements national policy, and co-ordinates the work of departments (Constitution s85(2)).

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  • 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: Cabinet of South Africa
  • gov.za · checked Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 (gov.za), read 2026-10-12: sections cited in each power description. For: Implement and administer national legislation
  • 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: Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Basic Education, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Minister of Correctional Services and 27 more
  • 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: Willem Abraham Stephanus Aucamp as Minister of Agriculture, Siviwe Gwarube as Minister of Basic Education, Mmoba Solomon Malatsi as Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Velenkosini Fiki Hlabisa as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Petrus Johannes Groenewald as Minister of Correctional Services and 27 more

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