First cabinet of Jacob Zuma

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| cabinet_name = First Zuma Cabinet

| cabinet_number = 5th

| jurisdiction = the Republic of South Africa
(since the 1994 election)

| flag = Flag of South Africa.svg

| incumbent = 2009–2014

| image = Jacob Zuma, 2009 World Economic Forum on Africa-9-2.jpg

| caption = Jacob Zuma (2009)

| date_formed = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|05|10}}

| date_dissolved = {{End date|df=yes|2014|05|24}}
({{Age in years, months and days|2009|05|10|2014|05|24}})

| government_head_title = President

| government_head = Jacob Zuma

| deputy_government_head_title = Deputy President

| deputy_government_head = Kgalema Motlanthe

| members_number = 34 ministers

| political_parties = African National Congress

| legislature_status = Majority
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| opposition_parties = Democratic Alliance

| opposition_leaders = {{ubl|Athol Trollip (until 2011)|Lindiwe Mazibuko (from 2011)}}

| election = 2009 election

| legislature_term = Fourth Parliament

| previous = Motlanthe

| successor = Zuma II

}}

Following his election as President of South Africa in the 2009 general election, Jacob Zuma announced his first cabinet on 10 May 2009. There were a total of 34 ministerial portfolios in the cabinet.

Appointment

After the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority in the April 2009 general election, Jacob Zuma was inaugurated as President of South Africa on 9 May 2009 and announced his cabinet the following day.{{Cite news |date=2009-05-11 |title=South African cabinet is sworn-in |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8043571.stm |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=11 May 2009 |title=Zuma unveils new S Africa cabinet |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2009/5/11/zuma-unveils-new-s-africa-cabinet |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} His cabinet announcement outlined several changes to the structure of the cabinet:

The Ministry of Minerals and Energy was bifurcated into a Ministry of Mining and a Ministry of Energy;
The Ministry of Education was bifurcated into a Ministry of Basic Education and Ministry of Higher Education and Training;
The Ministry of Economic Development was established;
The Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities was established;
Where there had previously been one Minister in the Presidency without a specified portfolio, there would henceforth be two Ministers in the Presidency, one with responsibility for the newly established National Planning Commission and the other with responsibility for the monitoring and evaluation function and for administration; and
Environment-related functions were re-allocated: where there had previously been a Ministry of Agriculture and Land Affairs, a Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and a Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry, there was henceforth a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, a Ministry of Rural Development and Land Reform, a Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs, and a Ministry of Tourism.{{Cite web |date=10 May 2009 |title=Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet |url=https://www.gov.za/news/speeches/statement-president-jacob-zuma-appointment-new-cabinet-10-may-2009 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=South African Government}}

In addition to these structural changes, six other ministries had new names: the Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans (formerly the Ministry of Defence), the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation (formerly Foreign Affairs), the Ministry of Human Settlements (Housing), the Ministry of State Security (Intelligence), the Ministry of Police (Safety and Security), and the Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Provincial and Local Government).

All of the ministers appointed by Zuma were members of his political party, the ANC.

Reshuffles

On 31 October 2010, President Zuma announced his first cabinet reshuffle, a major reshuffle in which seven ministers were sacked and two others were reassigned.{{Cite web |date=31 October 2010 |title=President Zuma announces changes to the National Executive |url=https://www.gov.za/news/media-statements/president-zuma-announces-changes-national-executive-31-oct-2010 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=South African Government}} In a second reshuffle less than a year later, on 24 October 2011, two ministers were removed and two others were reassigned to new portfolios;{{Cite web |date=24 October 2011 |title=Special announcements by President Zuma |url=https://www.gov.za/news/media-statements/special-announcements-president-zuma-24-oct-2011 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=South African Government}} the dismissed ministers were Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde and Sicelo Shiceka, both of whom had been implicated in misconduct by the Public Protector.{{Cite web |last=Wet |first=Phillip De |date=2011-10-24 |title=Zuma announces far-reaching cabinet reshuffle, suspends Cele |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-10-24-zuma-announces-far-reaching-cabinet-reshuffle-suspends-cele/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}

On 12 June 2012, Zuma announced his third reshuffle, occasioned by the death of Minister Roy Padayachie. The reshuffle affected ministers in four portfolios.{{Cite web |date=2012-06-13 |title=Zuma announces changes to Cabinet |url=https://brandsouthafrica.com/104436/news-facts/cabinet-130612/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Brand South Africa |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite news |date=13 June 2012 |title=Zuma reshuffles Cabinet |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012-06-13-zuma-reshuffles-cabinet/ |access-date=6 July 2024 |work=The Sowetan}} On 3 October 2012, Zuma announced a further, minor reshuffle, this time occasioned by Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's election as chairperson of the African Union Commission; the reshuffle affected only two portfolios.{{Cite news |last=Neethling |first=Trevor |date=3 October 2012 |title=Pandor appointed as home affairs minister |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/politics/2012-10-03-pandor-appointed-as-home-affairs-minister/ |access-date=6 July 2024 |work=Business Day}}

In a final reshuffle on 9 July 2013, Zuma fired three ministers: Dina Pule, Tokyo Sexwale, and Richard Baloyi.{{Cite web |date=9 July 2013 |title=Pule, Sexwale axed in cabinet reshuffle |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/pule-sexwale-axed-in-cabinet-reshuffle-1.1544397#.UdycfOAR5lk |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=IOL}} They were replaced by Yunus Carrim, Connie September, and Lech Tsenoli, respectively, and two other ministers – Ben Martins and Dipuo Peters – swopped portfolios.{{Cite web |date=9 July 2013 |title=Media statement by President Jacob Zuma on changes in the National Executive |url=https://www.gov.za/media-statement-president-jacob-zuma-changes-national-executive |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=South African Government}}

List of ministers

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colspan=2 \| Legend
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| African National Congress

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! colspan=2 | Post

! Minister

! colspan=2 | Term

! Party

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| President of South Africa

|His Excellency Jacob Zuma

| 2009

| align="center" | 2018

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Deputy President of South Africa

|His Excellency Kgalema Motlanthe

| 2009

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

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| Minister in the Presidency for the National Planning Commission

|The Hon. Trevor Manuel MP

| 2009

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring, Evaluation and Administration

|The Hon. Collins Chabane MP

| 2009

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

|The Hon. Tina Joemat-Peterson MP

| 2009

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2 | Minister of Arts and Culture

|The Hon. Paul Mashatile MP

| 2010

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px; border-width:0px; background:#006600;border-color:10px solid white"|'

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Lulu Xingwana MP

| 2009

| 2010

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Basic Education

|The Hon. Angie Motshekga MP

| 2009

| align="center" | 2024

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=4|Minister of Communications

|The Hon. Yunus Carrim MP

| 2013

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Dina Pule MP

| 2011

| 2013

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Roy Padayachie MP

| 2010

| 2011

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Siphiwe Nyanda MP

| 2009

| 2010

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=3|Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

|The Hon. Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli MP

| 2013

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Richard Baloyi MP

| 2011

| 2013

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Sicelo Shiceka MP

| 2009

| 2011

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Correctional Services

|The Hon. S'bu Ndebele MP

| 2012

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula MP

| 2009

| 2012

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

| The Hon. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula MP

| 2012

| align="center" | 2021

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Lindiwe Sisulu MP

| 2009

| 2012

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Economic Development

|The Hon. Ebrahim Patel MP

| 2009

| align="center" | 2019

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Energy

|The Hon. Ben Martins MP

| 2013

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Dipuo Peters MP

| 2009

| 2013

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Finance

|The Hon. Pravin Gordhan MP

| 2009

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Health

|The Hon. Aaron Motsoaledi MP

| 2009

| align="center" | 2019

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Higher Education and Training

|The Hon. Blade Nzimande MP

| 2009

| align="center" | 2017

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Home Affairs

| The Hon. Naledi Pandor MP

| 2012

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma MP

| 2009

| 2012

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2 | Minister of Human Settlements

|The Hon. Connie September MP

| 2013

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Tokyo Sexwale MP

| 2009

| 2013

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

|The Hon. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane MP

| 2009

| align="center" | 2018

| align="center" | ANC

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| Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development

|The Hon. Jeff Radebe MP

| 2009

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Labour

|The Hon. Mildred Oliphant MP

| 2010

| align="center" | 2019

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Membathisi Mdladlana MP

| 2009

| 2010

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Mineral Resources

| The Hon. Susan Shabangu MP

| 2009

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Police

|The Hon. Nathi Mthethwa MP

| 2009

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Public Enterprises

|The Hon. Malusi Gigaba MP

| 2010

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Barbara Hogan MP

| 2009

| 2010

| style="opacity:.3;" align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=3|Minister of Public Service and Administration

|The Hon. Lindiwe Sisulu MP

| 2012

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Roy Padayachie MP

| 2011

| 2012

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="opacity:.3; width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Richard Baloyi MP

| 2009

| 2011

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=3|Minister of Public Works

|The Hon. Thulas Nxesi MP

| 2011

| align="center" | 2017

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde MP

| 2010

| 2011

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Geoff Doidge MP

| 2009

| 2010

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

|The Hon. Gugile Nkwinti MP

| 2009

| align="center" | 2018

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Science and Technology

|The Hon. Derek Hanekom MP

| 2012

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Naledi Pandor MP

| 2009

| 2012

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Social Development

|The Hon. Bathabile Dlamini MP

| 2010

| align="center" | 2018

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Edna Molewa MP

| 2009

| 2010

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Sport and Recreation

|The Hon. Fikile Mbalula MP

| 2010

| align="center" | 2017

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Makhenkesi Stofile MP

| 2009

| 2010

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of State Security

|The Hon. Siyabonga Cwele MP

| 2009

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Tourism

|The Hon. Marthinus van Schalkwyk MP

| 2009

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| Minister of Trade and Industry

| The Hon. Rob Davies MP

| 2009

| align="center" | 2019

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=3|Minister of Transport

|The Hon. Dipuo Peters MP

| 2013

| align="center" | 2017

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Ben Martins MP

| 2012

| 2013

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. S'bu Ndebele MP

| 2009

| 2012

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs

|The Hon. Edna Molewa MP

| 2010

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Buyelwa Sonjica MP

| 2009

| 2010

| align="center" | ANC

style="width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities

|The Hon. Lulu Xingwana MP

| 2010

| 2014

| align="center" | ANC

style="opacity:.3;"

| style="opacity:.3; width:1px;; background:#006600;"|

| style="padding-left:70px" | The Hon. Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya MP

| 2009

| 2010

| align="center" | ANC

List of deputy ministers

Although deputy ministers are not members of the cabinet, they are appointed by the president and assist cabinet ministers in the execution of their duties. During the term of Zuma's second cabinet, the deputy ministers were, like the cabinet, appointed on 10 May 2009; they included one opposition politician, Pieter Mulder of the Freedom Front Plus. The allocation of deputy ministerial positions was affected by four of Zuma's five cabinet reshuffles: 17 portfolios were affected by the 31 October 2010 reshuffle (including the portfolio of former deputy minister Molefi Sefularo, who had died), six by the October 2011 reshuffle, five by the June 2012 reshuffle (including the portfolio of former deputy minister Enoch Godongwana, who had resigned amid a fraud scandal), and four by the July 2013 reshuffle.

These reshuffles also involved the establishment of several new deputy minister posts. In October 2010, Zuma appointed, for the first time, a Deputy Minister of Energy, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, and Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources (the new name for the mining portfolio), as well as a Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring, Evaluation, and Administration. In October 2011 he decreed that the Ministry of Public Works would no longer have a deputy minister but that the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities would have one, though a new Deputy Minister of Public Works was ultimately appointed in June 2012. The position of Deputy Minister of Science and Technology became vacant in October 2012, when the incumbent, Derek Hanekom, was promoted to cabinet, and it was not filled again until the next cabinet reshuffle in July 2013.{{Cite news |date=12 July 2013 |title=Science choice lauded |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2013-07-12-letter-science-choice-lauded/ |access-date=6 July 2024 |work=Business Day}} Zuma did not at any stage appoint a Deputy Minister of Labour, a Deputy Minister of State Security, or a Deputy Minister for the National Planning Commission.

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! colspan="2" | Post

! Minister

! colspan="2" | Term

! Party

style="background-color: {{party color|African National Congress}}" |

| rowspan="2" |Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring, Evaluation and Administration

|The Hon. Obed Bapela MP

|2011

|2014

First cabinet of Jacob Zuma

Appointment

Reshuffles

List of ministers

List of deputy ministers

References