Minister of Labour (South Africa)

South Africa Minister of Labour
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Flag of South Africa
Incumbent Mildred Oliphant since 1 November 2010
Department of Labour
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	Frederic Creswell
Formation	19 June 1924
Deputy	Sango Patekile Holomisa
Salary	R2,211,937
Website	Department of Labour

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

List of Past Ministers

Minister of Labour, 1924-1935

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	Prime Minister
	Frederic Creswell		19 June 1924	1925	LP		J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II)
	Thomas Boydell	75px	1925	14 June 1929
	Frederic Creswell		14 June 1929	17 May 1933
	Adriaan Fourie	75px	17 May 1933	1935	UP		J.B.M. Hertzog (III)

Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, 1935-1937

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	Prime Minister
	Adriaan Fourie	75px	1935	1936	UP		J.B.M. Hertzog (III)
	J.F.H. Hofmeyer		1936	1937

Minister of Labour, 1937-1976

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	Prime Minister
	J.F.H. Hofmeyer		1937	18 May 1938	UP		J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV)
	Harry Lawrence	75px	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	75px	1945	26 May 1948	UP
	B.J. Schoeman	75px	26 May 1948	1954	HNP		D.F. Malan (I) (II)
	Jan de Klerk	75px	1954	8 October 1961
					NP		Strydom (I)
							Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
	A.E. Trollip	75px	8 October 1961	30 March 1966	NP		Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
	Marais Viljoen	75px	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

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	President (since 1984)
	S.P. Botha	75px	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-present

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)
	Mildred Oliphant		1 November 2010	Incumbent	ANC

External links

• Department of Labour