ratified by the Multiparty Negotiating Forum and adopted and amended by the Parliament of South Africa

“ If every party entitled to designate an Executive Deputy President, other than the President’s party, fails to do so, the Executive Deputy President of the President’s party shall exercise and perform the powers and functions of the Executive Deputy Presidents.
(2) If any party entitled to Cabinet portfolios declines to serve in the Cabinet, such party shall be disregarded in the determination of portfolio allocations in terms of section 88. ”

“ Should no party or only one party hold 80 or more seats in the National Assembly, the party holding the largest number of seats and the party holding the second largest number of seats shall each be entitled to designate one Executive Deputy President from among the members of the National Assembly. ”

“ Cabinet portfolios shall for the purposes of subsection (2) be allocated to the respective participating parties in accordance with the following formula:
(a)
A quota of seats per portfolio shall be determined by dividing the total number of seats in the National Assembly held jointly by the participating parties by the number of portfolios in respect of which Ministers referred to in subsection (1) (a) are to be appointed, plus one. ”

“ Where the application of the above formula yields a surplus not absorbed by the number of portfolios allocated to a party, such surplus shall compete with other similar surpluses accruing to another party or parties, and any portfolio or portfolios which remain unallocated shall be allocated to the party or parties concerned in sequence of the highest surplus. ”

“ On being elected, the President shall vacate his or her seat in the National Assembly.
(5) During the period in which the President continues in office in terms of section 80 (1) (b) , he or she shall for the purposes of section 42 (1) (e) be deemed not to hold an office of profit under the Republic.
Oath or affirmation
78. ”