Minister of Transport (South Africa)

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South Africa
Minister of Transport
List
  • 10 other official names:
  • Minister van Vervoer (Afrikaans)
  • uNgqongqotjhe wezokuThutha (Southern Ndebele)
  • UMphathiswa wezoThutho (Xhosa)
  • uNgqongqoshe Wezokuthutha (Zulu)
  • Indvuna Yetekutfutsa (Swazi)
  • Tona ya Dinamelwa (Northern Sotho)
  • Letona la Dipalangwang (Sotho)
  • Tona la Dipalangwa (Tswana)
  • Holobye ya Vutleketli (Tsonga)
  • Minisiṱa wa Vhuendi (Venda)
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Sindiswe Chikunga.jpg
Incumbent
Sindisiwe Chikunga
since 7 March 2023
Department of Transport
Style The Honourable
Appointer Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder George Bartlett
Formation16 August 1989
Deputy Dikeledi Magadzi [1]
Salary R1,724,897 [2]
Website Department of Transport

The Minister of Transport is a Minister of the Cabinet of South Africa who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Transport.

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List of Past Ministers

Minister of Transport, 1989–2023

NamePortraitTermPartyPresident
George Bartlett 1989 – 1991 NP F.W. de Klerk
(I)
Piet Welgemoed 1991 – 1994 NP F.W. de Klerk
(I)
Mac Maharaj 11 May 1994 – 1999 ANC Nelson Mandela
(I)
Dullah Omar 1999 – 2004 ANC Thabo Mbeki
(I)
Jeff Radebe Jeff Radebe (Red carpet) - Global Citizen Festival Hamburg 01.jpg 29 April 2004 – 10 May 2009 ANC Thabo Mbeki
(II)
Kgalema Motlanthe
(I)
S'bu Ndebele 11 May 2009 – 12 June 2012 ANC Jacob Zuma
(I)
Ben Martins Ben Martins.jpg 12 June 2012 – 9 July 2013 ANC Jacob Zuma
(I)
Dipuo Peters Dipuo Peters.jpg 10 July 2013 – 30 March 2017 ANC Jacob Zuma
(I)(II)
Joe Maswanganyi 31 March 2017 – 28 February 2018 ANC Jacob Zuma
(II)
Blade Nzimande Blade Nzimande - Unisa Roundtable.jpg 28 February 2018 – 29 May 2019 ANC Cyril Ramaphosa
(I)
Fikile Mbalula Fikile Mbalula.png 30 May 2019 – 6 March 2023 ANC Cyril Ramaphosa
(II)
Sindisiwe Chikunga Sindiswe Chikunga.jpg 7 March 2023 — present ANC Cyril Ramaphosa
(II)

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