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.
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.
![PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA'S REMARKS ON THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN DRC AND UGANDA - A Ugandan doctor vaccinates the contact of a patient who tested positive during the launch of the vaccination for the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus with a trial vaccine at the Mulago Guest House (Isolation centre) in Kampala, Uganda, Feb 3, 2025. [Photo/Agencies / China Daily]](https://gsmn.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/680df172a3104d9fd156c4b1.jpeg)
