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MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS: INPUT SOUGHT FOR PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL ON PROCESS
- 25 July 2025
- Parliament
- SA Legal Academy
Please note: On 9 September 2025 – during a question and answer session in the National Assembly – President Cyril Ramaphosa asked ActionSA MP Athol Trollip to ‘please have the (draft) Bill forwarded’, adding that he was ‘not able to respond in any way whatsoever’ without seeing its contents. These remarks followed an oral question from Trollip in which he asked if the President and his party will support the Bill once finalised and tabled. At the time of writing, Trollip’s written question was not available. However, ActionSA has since issued a media statement on the matter.
Action SA MP Athol Trollip has called for input by 24 August 2025 on the contents of a Constitution Amendment Bill intended to address perceived shortcomings in the process of appointing cabinet ministers and their deputies. The invitation for public comment was gazetted as part of the pre-tabling explanatory summary of a proposed Constitution 22nd Amendment Bill.
The purpose of this Bill, once drafted, will be to:
- provide for ‘meaningful proactive oversight over ministerial appointments, with a view to ensur(ing) that ministers are fit for purpose before they assume office’
- increase the number of ministers that may be selected from outside the National Assembly
- abolish the office of deputy minister, and
- empower the National Assembly to pass a motion of no confidence in a Minister.
In Trollip’s view, this would ‘improve government efficiency, protect public finances, and enhance democratic accountability’.
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch
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