Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

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South Africa Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
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Incumbent Parks Tau since 30 June 2024
Department of Trade, Industry and Competition
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder	Frederick Robert Moor
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Andrew Whitfield and Zuko Godlimpi
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The minister of trade, industry and competition is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The portfolio of Trade, Industry and Competition, formed in May 2019, has brought together the former Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Economic Development.

The minister is responsible for the development and implementation of industrial policy in South Africa. The ministry oversees 17 government agencies, providing for industrial funding, competition policy, black economic empowerment policy, consumer protection, trade policy and technical standards.

List of past ministers

Commerce and industry, 1910–1912, 1933–1943

Name	Term	Party	President
Frederick Robert Moor	1910 – 1911	SAP	Louis Botha (I)
George Leuchars	1911 – 1912	SAP	Louis Botha (I)
Adriaan Fourie	1933 – 1938	UP/NP	J. B. M. Hertzog (III)
Oswald Pirow	1938 – 1939	UP	J. B. M. Hertzog (IV)
Richard Stuttaford	1939 – 1941	UP	J. B. M. Hertzog (IV)
Sidney Waterson	1941 – 1943	UP	J. B. M. Hertzog (IV)

Trade and industry, 1994–2019

Name	Term	Party	President
Trevor Manuel	11 May 1994 - 4 April 1996	ANC	Nelson Mandela (I)
Alec Erwin	4 April 1996 – 28 April 2004	ANC	Nelson Mandela (I) Thabo Mbeki (I)
Mandisi Mpahlwa	29 April 2004 – 10 May 2009	ANC	Thabo Mbeki (II) Kgalema Motlanthe (I)
Rob Davies	11 May 2009 – 29 May 2019	ANC	Jacob Zuma (I)(II) Cyril Ramaphosa (I)

Trade, industry and competition, 2019–present

Name	Term	Party	President
Ebrahim Patel	30 May 2019 – 19 June 2024	ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa (II)
Parks Tau	30 June 2024 –Present	ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa (III)

References

"Cyril Ramaphosa announces new cabinet, John Steenhuisen is Minister of Agriculture". IOL. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

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