{"id":43593,"date":"2026-08-24T07:28:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43593"},"modified":"2026-08-24T08:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:18:38","slug":"sa-appoints-ndabeni-as-acting-health-minister","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-appoints-ndabeni-as-acting-health-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"SA appoints Ndabeni as Acting Health Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams as the country&#8217;s Acting Minister of Health while Dr Aaron Motsoaledi remains on sick leave.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The appointment, made under Section 98 of the SA Constitution, takes effect immediately this Monday, August 24, 2026, and will run through to September 30, 2026, according to a statement released by The Presidency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under the temporary arrangement, Ndabeni-Abrahams will take over all executive powers and operational duties within the health portfolio to maintain government continuity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Minister Ndabeni will undertake all functions of the Minister of Health for the said period while Minister Motsoaledi remains on sick leave,&#8221; confirmed Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Government officials have not disclosed further details regarding the nature of Motsoaledi\u2019s health condition or his recovery timeline beyond the temporary leave period.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43594,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-43593","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Ramaphosa appoints Stella Ndabeni as Acting Health Minister","published_date":"2026-08-24 07:12:14","news_description":"Ramaphosa appoints Stella Ndabeni as Acting Health Minister","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43595,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43593\/revisions\/43595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}