Minister of Social Development (South Africa)

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Minister

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| incumbent = Sisisi Tolashe

| incumbentsince = 30 June 2024

| style = The Honourable

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| appointer = The President of South Africa

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| inaugural = Zola Skweyiya

| formation = 17 June 1999

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| deputy = Ganief Hendricks

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| website = [http://www.dsd.gov.za/ Department of Social Development]

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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.{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |date=29 May 2019 |title=Ramaphosa announces his new Cabinet |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/ramaphosa-announces-his-new-cabinet-23148637 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=IOL |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Geraldine Joslyn Fraser-Moleketi, Ms |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/geraldine-joslyn-fraser-moleketi-ms-0 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=South African Government}}

List of ministers

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!Minister

! colspan="2" |Term

!President

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The Hon. Zola Skweyiya MP

|17 June 1999

|10 May 2009

|Mbeki (I)

Mbeki (II)

Motlanthe (I)

|{{Cite web |title=Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya, Dr |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/zola-sidney-themba-skweyiya-dr |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=South African Government}}

The Hon. Edna Molewa MP

|11 May 2009

|31 October 2010

| rowspan="2" |Zuma (I)

|{{Cite web |title=Bomo Edna Molewa, Ms |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/bomo-edna-molewa-ms-0 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=South African Government}}

rowspan="2" |The Hon. Bathabile Dlamini MP

| rowspan="2" |1 November 2010

| rowspan="2" |26 February 2018

|{{Cite web |date=31 October 2010 |title=Zuma announces cabinet reshuffle |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/zuma-announces-cabinet-reshuffle-690238 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=IOL |language=en}}

Zuma (II)

|{{Cite web |title=Bathabile Olive Dlamini, Ms |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/bathabile-olive-dlamini-ms |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=South African Government}}

The Hon. Susan Shabangu MP

|27 February 2018

|29 May 2019

|Ramaphosa (I)

|{{Cite web |date=2018-02-26 |title=New deputy president, finance minister announced in major Cabinet reshuffle |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-02-26-ramaphosa-cabinet-reshuffle-february-2018/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}

The Hon. Lindiwe Zulu MP

|30 May 2019

|17 June 2024

|Ramaphosa (II)

The Hon. Sisisi Tolashe MP

|30 June 2024

|Incumbent

|Ramaphosa (III)

|{{Cite web |date=30 June 2024 |title=Cyril Ramaphosa announces new cabinet, John Steenhuisen is Minister of Agriculture |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/breaking-news-cyril-ramaphosa-announces-new-cabinet-john-steenhuisen-is-minister-of-agriculture-aca42e6a-d1db-4c99-ba98-50f3a5f980b5 |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=IOL}}

References

External links

[http://www.dsd.gov.za/ Department of Social Development]

Category:Lists of political office-holders in South Africa