| Post: | South Africa Minister |
| Body: | Home Affairs |
| Flag: | Flag of South Africa.svgborder |
| Flagsize: | 110px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of South Africa |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms |
| Department: | Department of Home Affairs |
| Incumbent: | Leon Schreiber |
| Incumbentsince: | 30 June 2024 |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Appointer: | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Appointerpost: | President of South Africa |
| Inaugural: | Jan Smuts |
| Formation: | 31 May 1910 |
| Deputy: | Fatima Chohan |
| Salary: | R2,211,937[1] |
| Website: | Department of Home Affairs |
The Minister of Home Affairs is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with responsibility for the Department of Home Affairs. This position is currently filled by Leon Schreiber, who was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 30 June 2024.[2] The position includes responsibility for immigration, refugee and asylum policy, for the civil registry, and for the issuing of identity documents and passports.
| Name | width=75 | Portrait | Term | width=10% | Party | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Jan Smuts | 1910 | 1912 | SAP | Louis Botha | ||||
| align=left | Abraham Fischer | 1912 | 1913 | ||||||
| align=left | Jan Smuts | 1913 | 1919 | ||||||
| Thomas Watt | 1919 | 1921 | |||||||
| Jan Smuts | |||||||||
| SAP | Jan Smuts | ||||||||
| align=left | Patrick Duncan | 1921 | 1924 | ||||||
| align=left | D.F. Malan | 19 June 1924 | 17 May 1933 | NP | J.B.M. Hertzog | ||||
| align=left | J.F.H Hofmeyer | 17 May 1933 | 1936 | UP | J.B.M. Hertzog | ||||
| align=left | Richard Stuttaford | 1936 | 1939 | ||||||
| Harry Lawrence | 1939 | 17 July 1943 | |||||||
| Jan Smuts | |||||||||
| align=left | C.F. Clarkson | align=center | 17 July 1943 | 26 May 1948 | UP | Jan Smuts | |||
| align=left | T.E. Dönges | 26 May 1948 | 16 April 1958 | HNP | D.F. Malan | ||||
| Tom Naudé | 16 April 1958 | 8 October 1961 | NP | Strydom | |||||
| Hendrik Verwoerd | |||||||||
| align=left | Jan de Klerk | 8 October 1961 | 30 March 1966 | NP | Hendrik Verwoerd | ||||
| align=left | P.K. le Roux | 30 March 1966 | 10 April 1968 | ||||||
| Lourens Muller | 10 April 1968 | 1970 | |||||||
| B.J. Vorster | |||||||||
| align=left | Marais Viljoen | 1970 | 1970 | NP | B.J. Vorster | ||||
| align=left | Theo Gerdener | 1970 | 1972 | ||||||
| align=left | Connie Mulder | 1972 | 1978 | ||||||
| align=left | Alwyn Schlebusch | 1978 | 1980 | ||||||
| Jan Christiaan Heunis | 1980 | 1982 | |||||||
| NP | P.W. Botha | ||||||||
| align=left | F.W. de Klerk | 1982 | 1984 | ||||||
| Name | width=75 | Portrait | Term | width=10% | Party | President | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | F.W. de Klerk | 1984 | 1985 | NP | P.W. Botha | |||
| align=left | Stoffel Botha | 1985 | 6 September 1989 | |||||
| align=left | Gene Louw | 6 September 1989 | 1992 | NP | F.W. de Klerk | |||
| align=left | Louis Pienaar | 1992 | 1993 | |||||
| align=left | Danie Schutte | 1993 | 10 May 1994 | |||||
| Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mangosuthu Buthelezi | 10 May 1994 – 13 July 2004 | IFP | Nelson Mandela(Government of National Unity) | |
| Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | 13 July 2004 – 21 April 2009 | ANC | Thabo MbekiKgalema Motlanthe (after Mbeki resigned from office) | |
| Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | 22 April 2009 – 3 October 2012 | ANC | Jacob Zuma | |
| Naledi Pandor | 4 October 2012 – 6 May 2014 | ANC | ||
| Malusi Gigaba | 7 May 2014 – 30 March 2017 | ANC | ||
| Hlengiwe Mkhize | 30 March 2017 – 17 October 2017 | ANC | ||
| Ayanda Dlodlo | 17 October 2017 – 26 February 2018 | ANC | ||
| Malusi Gigaba | 27 February 2018 - 13 November 2018[3] | ANC | Cyril Ramaphosa | |
| Siyaboga Cwele | 13 November 2018 - 29 May 2019 | ANC | ||
| Aaron Motsoaledi | 30 May 2019 – 30 June 2024 | ANC | ||
| Leon Schreiber | 30 June 2024 – Present | DA |