| Post: | South Africa Minister |
| Body: | Social Development |
| Flag: | Flag of South Africa.svgborder |
| Flagsize: | 110px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of South Africa |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms |
| Department: | Department of Social Development |
| Incumbent: | Sisisi Tolashe |
| Incumbentsince: | 30 June 2024 |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Appointer: | The President of South Africa |
| Inaugural: | Zola Skweyiya |
| Formation: | 17 June 1999 |
| Deputy: | Ganief Hendricks |
| Website: | Department of Social Development |
The Minister of Social Development is a Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is the political head of the Department of Social Development and its agencies, including the South African Social Security Agency. The incumbent Minister is Sisisi Tolashe and her deputy is Ganief Hendricks.[1]
The Ministry was created in June 1999 when Thabo Mbeki took office as President of South Africa in the 1999 general election. Its precursor in the cabinet of Nelson Mandela was the Ministry for Welfare and Population Development, where Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi was incumbent from June 1996 to June 1999.[2]
| Minister | Term | President | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hon. Zola Skweyiya MP | 17 June 1999 | 10 May 2009 | Mbeki (I)Mbeki (II) | [3] | |
| The Hon. Edna Molewa MP | 11 May 2009 | 31 October 2010 | Zuma (I) | [4] | |
| The Hon. Bathabile Dlamini MP | 1 November 2010 | 26 February 2018 | [5] | ||
| Zuma (II) | [6] | ||||
| The Hon. Susan Shabangu MP | 27 February 2018 | 29 May 2019 | Ramaphosa (I) | [7] | |
| The Hon. Lindiwe Zulu MP | 30 May 2019 | 17 June 2024 | Ramaphosa (II) | ||
| The Hon. Sisisi Tolashe MP | 30 June 2024 | Incumbent | Ramaphosa (III) | [8] | |