Minister of Higher Education (South Africa)

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South Africa
Minister of Higher Education
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Incumbent
Nobuhle Nkabane
since 30 June 2024
Department of Higher Education and Training
Style The Honourable
Appointer President of South Africa
Inaugural holder Blade Nzimande
Formation11 May 2009
Deputy
Salary R2,211,937 [1]
Website Department of Higher Education and Training

The minister of higher education is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with responsibility for higher education in South Africa. The post was created as the minister of higher education and training in May 2009. It was called the minister of higher education, science and technology between May 2019 and June 2024.

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History

Before 10 May 2009, higher education was the responsibility of the minister of education. On 10 May 2009, announcing his first cabinet, President Jacob Zuma bifurcated that portfolio, creating the new minister of higher education and training, alongside a minister of basic education. [2]

When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his second-term cabinet on 29 May 2019, he announced that the Ministry of Science and Technology would be absorbed by the higher education portfolio, creating the enlarged portfolio of the new minister of higher education, Science and Technology. [3] [4] However, Ramaphosa reversed the merger in his third cabinet, announced on 30 June 2024; [5] henceforth there was an independent minister of science, technology and innovation, while the higher education portfolio was the provenance of the minister of higher education. [6]

List of ministers with responsibility for higher education

MinistryMinisterIncumbencyUnder
Education Sibusiso Bengu 10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999 Nelson Mandela
Kader Asmal 17 June 1999 – 29 April 2004 Thabo Mbeki
Naledi Pandor 29 April 2004 – 24 September 2008
25 September 2008 – 9 May 2009 Kgalema Motlanthe
Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande 10 May 2009 – 17 October 2017 Jacob Zuma
Hlengiwe Mkhize 17 October 2017 – 26 February 2018
Naledi Pandor 26 February 2018 – 29 May 2019 Cyril Ramaphosa
Higher Education, Science and Technology Blade Nzimande 29 May 2019 – 19 June 2024
Higher Education Nobuhle Nkabane 30 June 2024 – present

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