Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, was sworn in as Minister of that portfolio in Cape Town on Tuesday afternoon.
During the same ceremony, former KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Dr Nomusa Dube-Ncube, was sworn in as his deputy.
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The swearing-in ceremony was held at Tuynhuys in the presence of President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile.
Manamela and Dube-Ncube were appointed following the removal of Dr Nobuhle Nkabane from the role of Minister and Higher Education and Training on Monday evening.
Dube-Ncube was appointed in terms of Section 93 (b) of the Constitution, which allows the President to appoint no more than two Deputy Ministers from outside the National Assembly.
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