Minister of Employment and Labour
South Africa Minister of Employment and Labour | |
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![]() Incumbent since 30 May 2019Thulas Nxesi | |
Department of Labour | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Inaugural holder | Frederic Creswell |
Formation | 19 June 1924 |
Deputy | Boitumelo Moloi |
Salary | R2,211,937[1] |
Website | Department of Labour |
The Minister of Employment and Labour is a Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa.
List of Past Ministers
Minister of Labour, 1924-1935
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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Frederic Creswell | ![]() | 19 June 1924 | 1925 | LP | J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) | ||
Thomas Boydell | ![]() | 1925 | 14 June 1929 | ||||
Frederic Creswell | ![]() | 14 June 1929 | 17 May 1933 | ||||
Adriaan Fourie | ![]() | 17 May 1933 | 1935 | UP | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) |
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, 1935-1937
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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Adriaan Fourie | ![]() | 1935 | 1936 | UP | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) | ||
J.F.H. Hofmeyer | ![]() | 1936 | 1937 |
Minister of Labour, 1937-1976
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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J.F.H. Hofmeyer | ![]() | 1937 | 18 May 1938 | UP | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV) | ||
Harry Lawrence | ![]() | 18 May 1938 | 5 September 1939 | ||||
Walter Madeley | ![]() | 5 September 1939 | 1945 | LP | Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation) | ||
Jan Smuts (III) | |||||||
C.F. Steyn | ![]() | 1945 | 26 May 1948 | UP | |||
B.J. Schoeman | ![]() | 26 May 1948 | 1954 | HNP | D.F. Malan (I) (II) | ||
Jan de Klerk | ![]() | 1954 | 8 October 1961 | ||||
NP | Strydom (I) | ||||||
Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death) | |||||||
A.E. Trollip | ![]() | 8 October 1961 | 30 March 1966 | NP | Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II) | ||
Marais Viljoen | ![]() | 30 March 1966 | 1976 | ||||
B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death) | |||||||
NP | B.J. Vorster (I) (II) |
Minister of Manpower Utilisation, 1976-1994
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President (since 1984) | |||
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S.P. Botha | ![]() | 1976 | 15 November 1983 | NP | B.J. Vorster (II) (III) | ||
NP | P.W. Botha (I) (II) | ||||||
Unknown | 15 November 1983 | 6 September 1989 | |||||
Gene Louw | 6 September 1989 | 1992 | NP | F.W. de Klerk (I) | |||
Unknown | 1992 | 10 May 1994 |
Minister of Labour, 1994-2019
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President | |||
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Tito Mboweni | ![]() | 10 May 1994 | 14 June 1999 | ANC | Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity) | ||
Membathisi Mdladlana | 14 June 1999 | 30 October 2010 | ANC | Thabo Mbeki (I) (II) | |||
Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns) | |||||||
Jacob Zuma (I) (II) Cyril Ramaphosa (I) | |||||||
Mildred Oliphant | 1 November 2010 | 29 May 2019 | ANC |
Minister of Employment of Labour, 2019-present
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President | |||
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Thulas Nxesi | ![]() | 30 May 2019 | 19 June 2024 | ANC | Cyril Ramaphosa (II) |
References
- ^ "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
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