The minister of education was a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa responsible for overseeing the Department of Education, including South Africa's schools and universities.
On 10 May 2009 newly elected president Jacob Zuma split the education portfolio into that of the minister of basic education and that of the minister of higher education and training.
Minister | Ministry | Incumbency | Under |
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François Stephanus Malan | Education | 1910–1921 | Louis Botha→Jan Smuts (1919-'21) |
Sir Patrick Duncan | Interior, education and public health | 1921–1924 | J. B. M. Hertzog |
Daniel François Malan | Interior, education and public health | 1924–1933 | J. B. M. Hertzog |
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr | Finance and education | 1933–1948 | Jan Smuts |
Albert Jacobus Stals | Education | 1948–1949 | D.F. Malan |
Charles Roberts Swart | Education | 1949–1950 | D.F. Malan |
H.J. Viljoen | Education, arts and science | 1950–1957 | D.F. Malan |
J.J. Serfontein | Education, arts and science | 1958–1961 | Hans Strydom |
Johannes de Klerk | Education, arts and science | 1961–1966 | Hendrik Verwoerd |
Johannes de Klerk | Education, arts and sciences and information | 1966–1967 | John Vorster |
Johannes de Klerk | National education | 1968–1969 | John Vorster |
Johannes Petrus van der Spuy | Education and training | ||
Ferdinand Hartzenberg | Education and training | 1979–1982 | PW Botha |
Gerrit Viljoen | National education | 1980–1989 | PW Botha |
F. W. de Klerk | National education and planning | 1984–1989 | PW Botha |
Piet Clase | Education and culture | 1985–1989 | PW Botha |
Gene Louw | Education | 1989–1990 | FW De Klerk |
Louis Pienaar | Education | 1990–1992 | FW De Klerk |
Piet Marais | Education | 1992–1994 | FW De Klerk |
Minister | Ministry | Incumbency | Under |
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Sibusiso Bengu | Education | 1994–1999 | Nelson Mandela |
Kader Asmal | 1999–2004 | Thabo Mbeki | |
Naledi Pandor | 2004–2008 | ||
2008–2009 | Kgalema Motlanthe | ||
Angie Motshekga [1] | Basic education | 2009–2024 | Jacob Zuma→Cyril Ramaphosa |
Blade Nzimande [1] | Higher education and training | 2009–2024 |
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