| South Africa Minister of Social Development | |
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| Department of Social Development | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | The President of South Africa |
| Inaugural holder | Zola Skweyiya |
| Formation | 17 June 1999 |
| Deputy | Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu |
| 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 Lindiwe Zulu and her deputy is Henrietta Bogopane-Zulu.[1]
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
| Minister | Term | President | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hon. Zola Skweyiya MP | 17 June 1999 | 10 May 2009 | Mbeki (I) | [3] |
| The Hon. Edna Molewa MP | 11 May 2009 | 31 October 2010 | Zuma (I) | [4] |
| The Hon. Bathabile Dlamini MP | 1 November 2010 | 26 February 2018 | [5] | |
| Zuma (II) | [6] | |||
| The Hon. Susan Shabangu MP | 27 February 2018 | 29 May 2019 | Ramaphosa (I) | [7] |
| The Hon. Lindiwe Zulu MP | 30 May 2019 | Incumbent | Ramaphosa (II) | [1] |
References
- 1 2 Mahlati, Zintle (29 May 2019). "Ramaphosa announces his new Cabinet". IOL. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ↑ "Geraldine Joslyn Fraser-Moleketi, Ms". South African Government. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ↑ "Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya, Dr". South African Government. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ↑ "Bomo Edna Molewa, Ms". South African Government. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ↑ "Zuma announces cabinet reshuffle". IOL. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ↑ "Bathabile Olive Dlamini, Ms". South African Government. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ↑ "New deputy president, finance minister announced in major Cabinet reshuffle". The Mail & Guardian. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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