Minister of Social Development (South Africa)

South Africa Minister of Social Development
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Incumbent Sisisi Tolashe since 30 June 2024
Department of Social Development
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	The President of South Africa
Inaugural holder	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.

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.

List of ministers

Minister	Term		President
The Hon. Zola Skweyiya MP	17 June 1999	10 May 2009	Mbeki (I) Mbeki (II) Motlanthe (I)
The Hon. Edna Molewa MP	11 May 2009	31 October 2010	Zuma (I)
The Hon. Bathabile Dlamini MP	1 November 2010	26 February 2018	Zuma (I)
The Hon. Bathabile Dlamini MP	1 November 2010	26 February 2018	Zuma (II)
The Hon. Susan Shabangu MP	27 February 2018	29 May 2019	Ramaphosa (I)
The Hon. Lindiwe Zulu MP	30 May 2019	17 June 2024	Ramaphosa (II)
The Hon. Sisisi Tolashe MP	30 June 2024	Incumbent	Ramaphosa (III)

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