Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs explained

Post:South Africa
Minister
Body:Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Flag:Flag of South Africa.svgborder
Flagsize:110px
Flagcaption:Flag of South Africa
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Coat of Arms
Incumbent:Velenkosini Hlabisa
Incumbentsince:2 July 2024
Style:The Honourable
Appointer:President of South Africa
Inaugural:Sicelo Shiceka
Formation:10 May 2009
Salary:R2,211,937[1]
Website:Department 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

Term! colspan="2"
PartyPresident
Constitutional Development and Provincial AffairsRoelf Meyer19941996NPNelson Mandela
Valli Moosa19961999ANCNelson Mandela
Provincial and Local AffairsSydney Mufamadi19992008ANCThabo Mbeki
Sicelo Shiceka20082009ANCKgalema Motlanthe
Cooperative Governance and Traditional AffairsSicelo Shiceka20092011ANCJacob Zuma
Richard Baloyi20112013ANC
Lech Tsenoli20132014ANC
Pravin Gordhan20142015ANC
Des van Rooyen20152018ANC
Zweli Mkhize20182019ANCCyril Ramaphosa
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma20192023ANC
Thembi Nkadimeng20232024ANC
Velenkosini Hlabisa2024IFP

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Notes and References

  1. "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
  2. Web site: 10 May 2009 . Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet . 2024-07-03 . South African Government.
  3. Web site: 17 June 1999 . Mbeki's cabinet . 2024-07-01 . BBC News.