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Super President: The History and Future of Executive Power in South Africa

Author: Bhaso Ndzendze

Publisher: UJ Press

Released: 17 February 2025

ISBN: 9781776490011

This book begins with a simple observation: none of South Africa’s presidents since Nelson Mandela have held any ministerial portfolios. This is in contrast to the nine men who ruled the country during its Union and Apartheid eras (1910-1994), from Louis Botha to F.W. de Klerk. They had all had previously served in cabinet, in as many as 6 portfolios each, sometimes with more than one ministry under their control. Crucially, many often took up ministerial positions during their own premiership...

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