National

Minister of Small Business Development

How it's filled

In plain words: Appointed by the President of South Africa
Exact method: Appointed by the President (Constitution s91(2)); ministers are normally members of the National Assembly, with up to two from outside (s91(3)).
Chosen by: President of South Africa
Seats: 1

Source: gov.za, checked Oct 12, 2026

gov.za · checked Oct 12, 2026 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 Small Business Development
api.pmg.org.za · checked Oct 12, 2026 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: Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams, current term