[2] Chabane's main task was to establish an institutional infrastructure for national monitoring and evaluation of government performance.

[8][9] After the 2019 general election, the position again became vacant as another Ministry in the Presidency carried out the relevant functions.

However, in a reshuffle on 6 March 2023, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the re-establishment of the Ministry in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, a move which he said was intended "to focus greater attention on the performance of government.

[11] Like Dlamini-Zuma, as minister she was the political head of DPME and the chairperson of the National Planning Commission.

[10] Announcing his third cabinet on 30 June 2024, Ramaphosa re-appointed Ramokgopa as minister for planning, monitoring and evaluation, alongside Deputy Minister Seiso Mohai; in the new cabinet, the portfolio was no longer located in the presidency.