Minister of Public Enterprises

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South Africa
Minister of Public Enterprises
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  • 10 other official names:
  • Minister van Openbare Ondernemings (Afrikaans)
  • uNgqongqotjhe wezamaBhizinisi womBuso (Southern Ndebele)
  • UMphathiswa lezaMashishini kaRhulumente (Xhosa)
  • uNgqongqothe Wezamabhizinisi Kahulumeni (Zulu)
  • Indvuna Leteluhwebo Lwahulumende (Swazi)
  • Tona ya Dikgwebo tša Setšhaba (Northern Sotho)
  • Letona la Dikgwebo tsa Setjhaba (Sotho)
  • Tona la Ditiro tsa Setšhaba (Tswana)
  • Holobye ya Mabindzu ya Mfumo (Tsonga)
  • Minisiṱa wa Mabindu a Tshitshavha (Venda)
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Department of Public Enterprises
Style The Honourable
AppointerThe President of South Africa
Inaugural holder Stella Sigcau
Formation11 May 1994
Final holder Pravin Gordhan
Abolished19 June 2024
Deputy Gratitude Magwanishe
Website Official website

The minister of public enterprises was a minister in the cabinet of the national government of South Africa. Whomever held the position was the political head of the Department of Public Enterprises.

They were appointed by the president of South Africa. This portfolio was established in 1999, and it oversaw the various state-owned enterprises of South Africa. [1]

Pravin Gordhan [2] was the last appointed minister of public enterprises. He was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, shortly after the 2018 South African Presidential Election. [3] The ministry was disestablished following the 2024 general elections and inauguration of the Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, being folded into the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) during the process of implementing a new shareholder model.

List of ministers

MinisterTermPresidentPartyRef.
The Hon. Stella Sigcau 19941999 Mandela (GNU) ANC [4]
The Hon. Jeff Radebe 19992004 Mbeki (I) ANC [5]
The Hon. Alec Erwin 20042008 Mbeki (II) ANC [6]
The Hon. Brigitte Mabandla 20082009 Motlanthe (I) ANC [7]
The Hon. Barbara Hogan 20092010 Zuma (I) ANC [8]
The Hon. Malusi Gigaba 20102014 ANC [9]
The Hon. Lynne Brown 20142018 Zuma (II) ANC [10]
The Hon. Pravin Gordhan 20182024 Ramaphosa (I, II) ANC [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "About". Department of Public Enterprises. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ministry of Public Enterprises". South African Government. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "The who's who of Cyril Ramaphosa's new Cabinet". Business Day. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Statement by President Thabo Mbeki on the Death of Minister Stella Sigcau". Department of International Relations and Cooperation. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe, Mr". South African Government. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Alexander Erwin, Mr". South African Government. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla, Ms". South African Government. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Barbara Hogan, Ms". South African Government. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Malusi Knowledge Nkanyezi Gigaba, Mr". South African Government. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Lynne Brown, Ms". South African Government. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, Mr". South African Government. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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