Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

South Africa
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Flag of South Africa
since 2 July 2024
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerPresident of South Africa
Inaugural holderSicelo Shiceka
Formation10 May 2009
Deputy
  • Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance

  • Deputy Minister of Traditional Affairs
SalaryR2,211,937[1]
WebsiteDepartment of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

The minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is responsible for the Department of Cooperative Governance and the Department of Traditional Affairs.

The office was called the minister of provincial and local government from June 1999 until May 2009, when the minister assumed responsibility for traditional leadership institutions.[2] Before June 1999, the office was the minister of constitutional development and provincial affairs. In his first cabinet,[3] President Thabo Mbeki transferred responsibility for the portfolio of constitutional development to the minister of justice and constitutional development, where it remained thereafter.

List of ministers

List of ministers responsible for cooperative governance, 1994–present
Ministry Minister Term Party President
Constitutional Development and Provincial Affairs Roelf Meyer 1994 1996 NP Nelson Mandela
Valli Moosa 1996 1999 ANC Nelson Mandela
Provincial and Local Affairs Sydney Mufamadi 1999 2008 ANC Thabo Mbeki
Sicelo Shiceka 2008 2009 ANC Kgalema Motlanthe
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shiceka 2009 2011 ANC Jacob Zuma
Richard Baloyi 2011 2013 ANC
Lech Tsenoli 2013 2014 ANC
Pravin Gordhan 2014 2015 ANC
Des van Rooyen 2015 2018 ANC
Zweli Mkhize 2018 2019 ANC Cyril Ramaphosa
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 2019 2023 ANC
Thembi Nkadimeng 2023 2024 ANC
Velenkosini Hlabisa 2024 – IFP

References

  1. ^ "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
  2. ^ "Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet". South African Government. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Mbeki's cabinet". BBC News. 17 June 1999. Retrieved 1 July 2024.


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