Ministers and deputy ministers from nine parties took their oath of office after weeks of fraught coalition talks
ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli said more consultation was needed before the legislature elected representatives to the commission
Key security cluster ministries are dominated by the president’s allies in the ANC
The president has made plain his impatience to lock down a deal and name his new executive
The Democratic Alliance has yet to say whether it will accept the president’s offer of six cabinet portfolios.
Negotiations have involved who will get what, and how many portfolios, in the new cabinet
The party’s failure to provide evidence of election fraud suggests it went to court with the aim of ‘inflaming the passions of the public’, the commission argues
The former judge, who was impeached in relation to a bid to influence a case involving Jacob Zuma, said the party’s priority would be the nationalisation of land
Talks are ongoing but there is movement towards breaking a deadlock between the ANC and DA, sources said
The president said his government of national unity should not be defined by power struggles but by the needs of the South African people