[3] Following the 2009 general election, Tobias was appointed as one of two Deputy Ministers of Trade and Industry by president Jacob Zuma.
[4] Tobias nearly missed a flight to Brussels in November 2009 after her 2005 Mercedes Benz E 350, which she inherited from former minister Mandisi Mpahlwa, broke down on the way to the airport.
[1] After the National Assembly approved a proposal to amend the laws governing the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) in May 2018, Tobias was quoted as saying: "Some of the clauses in the legislation will ensure compulsory and annual submission of both listed and unlisted investments by the Minister of Finance to table in Parliament through the annual report of his department.
During a cabinet meeting in October 2019, Tobias was appointed to serve as chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Brand South Africa Trust.
[9] On 12 March 2021, former Brand South Africa CEO Kingsley Makhubela lodged a complaint with National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise after Tobias allegedly said during a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration that Makhubela was fired due to a charge of misconduct by Brand South Africa; the complaint was referred to the Power and Privileges Committee of Parliament twelve days later.