The Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa is set to be formed following the election of Ramaphosa to a second full term as President of South Africa following the 2024 general election. His party, the African National Congress (ANC), lost its absolute majority in the parliamentary election and was reduced to a plurality in the National Assembly. Following the election, the parties engaged in negotiations on forming a coalition government. On 14 June 2024, the ANC, the Democratic Alliance (DA), the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Patriotic Alliance (PA) and GOOD, agreed to form a landmark national unity government, with Cyril Ramaphosa being re-elected President of South Africa. This marks the first time the ANC has had to govern without an absolute majority since the end of apartheid in 1994.[4][5]
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 9th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa (since the 1994 elections) | |
| 2024 | |
_(cropped).jpg) Cyril Ramaphosa (2018) | |
| Date formed | TBD |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| No. of ministers | TBD |
| Member party | |
| Status in legislature | National unity 280/400
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| Opposition party | uMkhonto weSizwe |
| Opposition leader | Vacant |
| History | |
| Election | 2024 election |
| Predecessor | Ramaphosa II |
Background
editThe 2024 South African general election was held in on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly.[6][7]
Support for the ruling ANC party significantly declined in the election; the ANC remained the largest party but lost the parliamentary majority that it had held since the inaugural post-apartheid election in 1994. The centrist Democratic Alliance (DA) remained in second place with a slight increase. uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a left-wing populist party founded 6 months prior to the election and led by former president Jacob Zuma, came in third place.[8]
On 14 June 2024, the ANC, DA, IFP, and PA, agreed to form a national unity government, with Cyril Ramaphosa being re-elected President of South Africa by the 28th Parliament of South Africa.[4]
As result of the new national unity government, key positions within the cabinet will see turnover as part of the coalition process.[9][10] Ramaphosa was sworn in for a new term on 19 June 2024, and the new cabinet is expected to be announced shortly thereafter.[11]
Other parties to join the national unity government are GOOD, shortly after the first sitting of parliament, the PAC, on the 19th of June, and the FF+ on the 21st of June.
Ministers
edit- Party legend
- African National Congress (ANC)
- Democratic Alliance (DA)
- Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
- Patriotic Alliance (PA)
- GOOD (GOOD)[12]
- Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)[13]
- Freedom Front Plus (FF+)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-unity-government-now-has-five-parties-anc-says-2024-06-17/
- ^ https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/pac-changes-tune-and-joins-gnu/
- ^ https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/political-parties/ff-plus-becomes-the-seventh-party-to-join-gnu-20240620
- ^ a b Chothia, Farouk; Kupemba, Danai Kesta; Plett-Usher, Barbra (14 June 2024). "ANC and DA agree on South Africa unity government". BBC News. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "South Africa's National Assembly re-elects Cyril Ramaphosa as president". Reuters. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "South Africa to hold general election on May 29". Al Jazeera. 20 February 2024. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "South Africa to hold elections on May 29". Aa.com.tr. 21 February 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "2024 ELECTIONS: eNCA Project ANC Will Take 45% Of National Vote". eNCA. 30 May 2024. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "South Africa's ANC moves closer to forming coalition government". France 24. 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "South African President Ramaphosa set for re-election as DA gives backing". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Cyril Ramaphosa reelected as South African president". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ Njilo, Nonkululeko (2024-06-17). "Five-party pact — PA and Good join government of national unity". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ Zaal, Nicholas (2024-06-18). "PAC joins national unity government to ensure 'superior logic and vision' will guide SA". The Citizen. Retrieved 2024-06-19.