With Ramaphosa anointed president, what will happen to Gigaba? 

With Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa set to become SA’s 5th president of the democratic era, he will be in a position to appoint the first Cabinet not overseen by Jacob Zuma in almost a decade. 

This means that Ramaphosa will be able to choose the first finance minister not appointed under Zuma’s watch since 2009. Malusi Gigaba, the current minister, was brought in after Pravin Gordhan was axed in a midnight Cabinet reshuffle on March 31, 2017. 

But if he were to be reshuffled himself, or moved laterally to another Cabinet position, who would replace him? 

Some of the candidates that are said to have a chance of securing the top finance job, if Gigaba stepped down or were removed, are former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene, former finance minister Pravin Gordhan, ex-treasury director general and current Standard Bank CEO Lungisa Fuzile, former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas, and former ANC treasurer general Zweli Mkhize.