31 July 2025
New police minister, Firoz Cachalia, is expected to take his oath of office at the Union Buildings on Friday.
The Presidency confirmed the swearing-in ceremony shortly after the Constitutional Court on Thursday afternoon dismissed an application from the MK Party to challenge his appointment.
Cachalia will be the first minister in this administration to be chosen from outside of Parliament.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced almost two weeks ago that he was suspending Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and invoking his constitutional powers to make an outside appointment to act in the role, while a commission of inquiry probes corruption allegations within the police service.
While the MK Party argued before the Constitutional Court on Wednesday that making another ministerial appointment was irregular and a waste of taxpayers’ money, the court on Thursday ruled that it would have to restart the legal process in the high court.
The judgment paves the way for Cachalia, who on Thursday retired as an academic from Wits University, to officially become part of the executive on Friday.
Cachalia has previously served as a Gauteng MEC for community safety.
Source:EWN
