Minister of Employment and Labour

The Minister of Employment and Labour is a Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa.

South Africa
Minister of Employment and Labour
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  • 10 other official names:
  • Minister van Arbeid (Afrikaans)
  • uNgqongqotjhe wezabaSebenzi (Southern Ndebele)
  • UMphathiswa lezaBasebenzi (Xhosa)
  • Indvuna Wezabasebenzi (Zulu)
  • Indvuna Letetisebenti (Swazi)
  • Tona ya Bašomi (Northern Sotho)
  • Letona la tsa Mesebetsi (Sotho)
  • Tona la Bodiri (Tswana)
  • Holobye ya Vatirhi (Tsonga)
  • Minisiṱa wa Mishumo (Venda)
Incumbent
Thulas Nxesi
since 30 May 2019
Department of Labour
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holderFrederic Creswell
Formation19 June 1924
DeputyBoitumelo Moloi
SalaryR2,211,937[1]
WebsiteDepartment of Labour

List of Past Ministers

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Minister of Labour, 1924-1935

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Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
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

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Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
Adriaan Fourie   1935 1936 UP J.B.M. Hertzog
(III)
J.F.H. Hofmeyer   1936 1937

Minister of Labour, 1937-1976

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Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
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

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Name Portrait Term Party President
(since 1984)
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

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Name Portrait Term Party President
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

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Name Portrait Term Party President
Thulas Nxesi   30 May 2019 19 June 2024 ANC Cyril Ramaphosa
(II)

References

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