South African Chief Justice Raymond Zondo swears in Senzo Mnchunu, as Minister of Police, in a sitting of the South African Parliament on July 03, 2024, in Cape Town.
Ahead of the 32 ministers making up the cabinet, Paul Mashatile, who has been re-appointed deputy president, was the first to take the oath. His African National Congress , which has governed since the advent of democracy in 1994, sought to form a government of national unity after losing its outright parliamentary majority in May 29 elections.
The Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party, anti-immigration Patriotic Alliance, right-wing Afrikaans party Freedom-Front Plus and other smaller parties will hold six cabinet positions between them.
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