Minister of Arts and Culture explained

Post:	South Africa Minister
Body:	Arts and Culture
Flag:	Flag of South Africa.svgborder
Flagsize:	110px
Flagcaption:	Flag of South Africa
Insigniasize:	100px
Insigniacaption:	Coat of Arms
Department:	Department of Arts and Culture
Incumbent:	Nathi Mthethwa
Incumbentsince:	26 May 2014
Appointer:	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural:	Pallo Jordan
Formation:	29 April 2004
Deputy:	Maggie Sotyu
Salary:	R2,211,937^[1]
Website:	Arts and Culture

The Minister of Arts and Culture is a minister of the Cabinet of South Africa who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Arts and Culture. the incumbent minister is Nathi Mthethwa and his deputy is Maggie Sotyu.

Between 1994 and 2004, the minister had an enlarged portfolio as Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. The contemporary portfolio was created on 29 April 2004 on the appointment of President Thabo Mbeki's second cabinet, which included an independent Minister of Science and Technology alongside the Minister of Arts and Culture.^[2]

Institutions

Apart from the Department of Arts and Culture, the following institutions also report to the minister:^[3]

• Afrikaanse Taalmuseum
• Artscape
• Freedom Park
• Iziko Museums of Cape Town
• Luthuli Museum
• Market Theatre
• Natal Museum
• National Arts Council
• National English Literary Museum
• National Film and Video Foundation
• National Heritage Council
• National Library of South Africa
• National Museum
• Northern Flagship Institutions
• Nelson Mandela Museum
• Performing Arts Council of the Free State
• Playhouse Company
• Robben Island Museum
• South African Geographical Names Council
• South African Heritage Resources Agency
• South African Library for the Blind
• State Theatre (South Africa)
• Windybrow Centre for the Arts
• Voortrekker/Ncome Museum
• War Museum of the Boer Republics
• William Humphreys Art Gallery

List of Past Ministers

Minister of Education, Arts and Science, 1949–1989

Name	width=75	Portrait	Term	width=10%	Party	Prime Minister
	align=left	J.H. Viljoen		1949	16 April 1958	NP		D.F. Malan
	J.J. Serfontein		16 April 1958	8 October 1961	NP		Hans Strydom
Hendrik Verwoerd
			8 October 1961	1970	NP		Hendrik Verwoerd
B.J. Vorster
	align=left			1970	1981	NP		B.J. Vorster
	align=left			1981	1989	NP		P.W. Botha

Minister of Education and Culture, 1989–1994

Name	width=75	Portrait	Term	width=10%	Party	Prime Minister
	align=left	Piet Clase		1989	1991	NP		F.W. de Klerk
	align=left	Piet Marais		1991	10 May 1994

Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, 1994–2004

Name	Term	width=10%	Party	President
	align=left	Ben Ngubane	11 May 1994	31 August 1996	ANC		Nelson Mandela
	align=left	Ben Ngubane	17 June 1999	29 April 2004	ANC		Thabo Mbeki

Minister of Arts and Culture, 2004–present

Name	width=75	Portrait	Term	width=10%	Party	President
	Pallo Jordan		29 April 2004	22 April 2009	ANC		Thabo Mbeki
Kgalema Motlanthe
	align=left	Lulama Xingwana		22 April 2009	30 October 2010	ANC		Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa
	align=left	Paul Mashatile		30 October 2010	7 May 2014
	align=left	Nathi Mthethwa		24 May 2014	Incumbent

External links

• Ministry of Arts and Culture
• Department of Arts and Culture

Notes and References

1. "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers ", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
2. News: 29 April 2004 . Mbeki announces new cabinet . 22 January 2010 . iafrica.com.
3. Book: Annual Report 2009–2009 . Department of Arts and Culture . 978-1-919965-11-6 . 8.