PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA FIRES MINISTER TOLASHE

SOUTH AFRICA | President Cyril Ramaphosa has in terms of section 91(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,1996, removed Minister Sisisi Tolashe from the position of Minister of Social Development today on Thursday 14 May 2026.

In the interim, President Ramaphosa has appointed Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga as the acting minister in the portfolio pending a full-time appointment in due course.

ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA