Minister of Social Development (South Africa)

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South Africa
Minister of Social Development
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Incumbent
Sisisi Tolashe
since 30 June 2024
Department of Social Development
Style The Honourable
AppointerThe president of South Africa
Inaugural holder Zola Skweyiya
Formation17 June 1999
Deputy Ganief Hendricks
Website Department of Social Development

The minister of social development is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is the political head of the Department of Social Development and its agencies, including the South African Social Security Agency. The incumbent minister is Sisisi Tolashe and her deputy is Ganief Hendricks. [1]

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The ministry was created in June 1999 when Thabo Mbeki took office as President of South Africa in the 1999 general election. Its precursor in the cabinet of Nelson Mandela was the Ministry for Welfare and Population Development, where Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi was incumbent from June 1996 to June 1999. [2]

List of ministers

MinisterTermPresidentRef.
The Hon. Zola Skweyiya MP17 June 199910 May 2009 Mbeki (I)

Mbeki (II)

Motlanthe (I)

 [3]
The Hon. Edna Molewa MP11 May 200931 October 2010 Zuma (I) [4]
The Hon. Bathabile Dlamini MP1 November 201026 February 2018 [5]
Zuma (II) [6]
The Hon. Susan Shabangu MP27 February 201829 May 2019 Ramaphosa (I) [7]
The Hon. Lindiwe Zulu MP30 May 201917 June 2024 Ramaphosa (II) [1]
The Hon. Sisisi Tolashe MP30 June 2024Incumbent Ramaphosa (III) [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Mahlati, Zintle (29 May 2019). "Ramaphosa announces his new Cabinet". IOL. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Geraldine Joslyn Fraser-Moleketi, Ms". South African Government. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya, Dr". South African Government. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bomo Edna Molewa, Ms". South African Government. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Zuma announces cabinet reshuffle". IOL. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Bathabile Olive Dlamini, Ms". South African Government. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "New deputy president, finance minister announced in major Cabinet reshuffle". The Mail & Guardian. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Cyril Ramaphosa announces new cabinet, John Steenhuisen is Minister of Agriculture". IOL. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.


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