When the President is absent from the Republic or otherwise unable to fulfil the duties of President, or during a vacancy in the office of President, an office-bearer in the order below acts as President:
Xa uMongameli engekho kwiRiphabliki, okanye engakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe wesikhundla sikaMongameli ngasizathu simbi, okanye ngethuba kukho isithuba kwisikhundla sikaMongameli, igosa elisesikhundleni lingabambela njengoMongameli ngokolu landelelwano lungezantsi –