The remaining portfolio committee chairs are due to be elected on Wednesday.
MPs elect the chairs of half of parliament's 30 committees, with the Democratic Alliance (DA) holding two posts so far.
The chairs of the remaining parliamentary committees were due to be elected on Wednesday.
Former North West premier Supra Mahumapelo was on Tuesday reappointed as chair of the international relations portfolio committee, which oversees the ministry currently headed by Ronald Lamola.
The ANC's Sibongiseni Dhlomo was elected chair of the committee responsible for health, a position that was replaced by Aaron Motsoaledi in the new coalition government.
Xola Nkola, the ANC's co-chair of the joint constitutional review committee, will take over as justice committee chair from his party's Gratitude Mgwanishe, who was praised for building cross-party cooperation and calling for thorough scrutiny of former premier Lamola's cabinet.
The DA's Jan Naude de Villiers will chair the public administration portfolio committee and Leon Basson will chair water affairs. Former ANC floor whip Pemi Majodina will be the new minister for water affairs.
ANC MPs will chair four committees that oversee ministries currently headed by DA MPs.
New ANC MP Homotyo Maimela has been elected chair of the basic education committee, while fellow newcomer Motha Chabane will chair the home affairs committee. The DA's Siviwe Gwalbe and Leon Schreiber will be ministers of health and home affairs respectively.
The ANC's Ngabisa Gantso has been elected chair of the portfolio committee on forestry, fisheries and the environment, while new ANC MP Khusela Sangone will chair the communications committee.
Sangoni, better known by his married surname, Diko, served as press secretary to President Cyril Ramaphosa but was sidelined in that role in 2021 after he was embroiled in a Covid-19 protective equipment procurement scandal.
The ANC's Anthea Ramolobhengu will chair a new committee on corrective services, created after President Ramaphosa separated the departments of corrections and justice and appointed Freedom Front Plus leader Peter Mulder to a cabinet post.
Dakota Legoethe, a former ANC North West chairperson and an ally of Mahumapelo, is the new chairperson of the portfolio committee on defence and veterans' affairs.
Parliamentarians will on Wednesday elect a new chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Oversight, a post traditionally held by opposition lawmakers. The previous chair, Mukuleko Hlengwa of the Inkatha Freedom Party, has been appointed deputy transport minister.
The ANC's Joseph Maswangani was elected chair of the Standing Committee on Finance.
