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First Cabinet of Jacob Zuma

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First Zuma Cabinet

5th Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa
(since the 1994 elections)
2009–2014
President Zuma in 2009
Date formed10 May 2009 (2009-05-10)
Date dissolved24 May 2014 (2014-05-24)
(5 years and 14 days)
People and organisations
PresidentJacob Zuma
Deputy PresidentKgalema Motlanthe
No. of ministers34 ministers
Member partyAfrican National Congress
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyDemocratic Alliance
Opposition leader
History
Election2009 election
Legislature termFourth Parliament
PredecessorMotlanthe
SuccessorZuma II

Following his election as President of South Africa in the 2009 general election, Jacob Zuma announced his first cabinet on 10 May 2009. There were a total of 34 ministerial portfolios in the cabinet.

Appointment

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After the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority in the April 2009 general election, Jacob Zuma was inaugurated as President of South Africa on 9 May 2009 and announced his cabinet the following day.[1][2] His cabinet announcement outlined several changes to the structure of the cabinet:

In addition to these structural changes, six other ministries had new names: the Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans (formerly the Ministry of Defence), the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation (formerly Foreign Affairs), the Ministry of Human Settlements (Housing), the Ministry of State Security (Intelligence), the Ministry of Police (Safety and Security), and the Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Provincial and Local Government).[3]

All of the ministers appointed by Zuma were members of his political party, the ANC.[3]

Reshuffles

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On 31 October 2010, President Zuma announced his first cabinet reshuffle, a major reshuffle in which seven ministers were sacked and two others were reassigned.[4] In a second reshuffle less than a year later, on 24 October 2011, two ministers were removed and two others were reassigned to new portfolios;[5] the dismissed ministers were Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde and Sicelo Shiceka, both of whom had been implicated in misconduct by the Public Protector.[6]

On 12 June 2012, Zuma announced his third reshuffle, occasioned by the death of Minister Roy Padayachie. The reshuffle affected ministers in four portfolios.[7][8] On 3 October 2012, Zuma announced a further, minor reshuffle, this time occasioned by Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's election as chairperson of the African Union Commission; the reshuffle affected only two portfolios.[9]

In a final reshuffle on 9 July 2013, Zuma fired three ministers: Dina Pule, Tokyo Sexwale, and Richard Baloyi.[10] They were replaced by Yunus Carrim, Connie September, and Lech Tsenoli, respectively, and two other ministers – Ben Martins and Dipuo Peters – swopped portfolios.[11]

List of ministers

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Legend
African National Congress
Post Minister Term Party
President of South Africa His Excellency Jacob Zuma 2009 2018 ANC
Deputy President of South Africa His Excellency Kgalema Motlanthe 2009 2014 ANC
Minister in the Presidency for the National Planning Commission The Hon. Trevor Manuel MP 2009 2014 ANC
Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring, Evaluation and Administration The Hon. Collins Chabane MP 2009 2014 ANC
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries The Hon. Tina Joemat-Peterson MP 2009 2014 ANC
Minister of Arts and Culture The Hon. Paul Mashatile MP 2010 2014 ANC
' The Hon. Lulu Xingwana MP 2009 2010 ANC
Minister of Basic Education The Hon. Angie Motshekga MP 2009 2024 ANC
Minister of Communications The Hon. Yunus Carrim MP 2013 2014 ANC
The Hon. Dina Pule MP 2011 2013 ANC
The Hon. Roy Padayachie MP 2010 2011 ANC
The Hon. Siphiwe Nyanda MP 2009 2010 ANC
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs The Hon. Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli MP 2013 2014 ANC
The Hon. Richard Baloyi MP 2011 2013 ANC
The Hon. Sicelo Shiceka MP 2009 2011 ANC
Minister of Correctional Services The Hon. S'bu Ndebele MP 2012 2014 ANC
The Hon. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula MP 2009 2012 ANC
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans The Hon. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula MP 2012 2021 ANC
The Hon. Lindiwe Sisulu MP 2009 2012 ANC
Minister of Economic Development The Hon. Ebrahim Patel MP 2009 2019 ANC
Minister of Energy The Hon. Ben Martins MP 2013 2014 ANC
The Hon. Dipuo Peters MP 2009 2013 ANC
Minister of Finance The Hon. Pravin Gordhan MP 2009 2014 ANC
Minister of Health The Hon. Aaron Motsoaledi MP 2009 2019 ANC
Minister of Higher Education and Training The Hon. Blade Nzimande MP 2009 2017 ANC
Minister of Home Affairs The Hon. Naledi Pandor MP 2012 2014 ANC
The Hon. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma MP 2009 2012 ANC
Minister of Human Settlements The Hon. Connie September MP 2013 2014 ANC
The Hon. Tokyo Sexwale MP 2009 2013 ANC
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation The Hon. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane MP 2009 2018 ANC
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development The Hon. Jeff Radebe MP 2009 2014 ANC
Minister of Labour The Hon. Mildred Oliphant MP 2010 2019 ANC
The Hon. Membathisi Mdladlana MP 2009 2010 ANC
Minister of Mineral Resources The Hon. Susan Shabangu MP 2009 2014 ANC
Minister of Police The Hon. Nathi Mthethwa MP 2009 2014 ANC
Minister of Public Enterprises The Hon. Malusi Gigaba MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Barbara Hogan MP 2009 2010 ANC
Minister of Public Service and Administration The Hon. Lindiwe Sisulu MP 2012 2014 ANC
The Hon. Roy Padayachie MP 2011 2012 ANC
The Hon. Richard Baloyi MP 2009 2011 ANC
Minister of Public Works The Hon. Thulas Nxesi MP 2011 2017 ANC
The Hon. Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde MP 2010 2011 ANC
The Hon. Geoff Doidge MP 2009 2010 ANC
Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform The Hon. Gugile Nkwinti MP 2009 2018 ANC
Minister of Science and Technology The Hon. Derek Hanekom MP 2012 2014 ANC
The Hon. Naledi Pandor MP 2009 2012 ANC
Minister of Social Development The Hon. Bathabile Dlamini MP 2010 2018 ANC
The Hon. Edna Molewa MP 2009 2010 ANC
Minister of Sport and Recreation The Hon. Fikile Mbalula MP 2010 2017 ANC
The Hon. Makhenkesi Stofile MP 2009 2010 ANC
Minister of State Security The Hon. Siyabonga Cwele MP 2009 2014 ANC
Minister of Tourism The Hon. Marthinus van Schalkwyk MP 2009 2014 ANC
Minister of Trade and Industry The Hon. Rob Davies MP 2009 2019 ANC
Minister of Transport The Hon. Dipuo Peters MP 2013 2017 ANC
The Hon. Ben Martins MP 2012 2013 ANC
The Hon. S'bu Ndebele MP 2009 2012 ANC
Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs The Hon. Edna Molewa MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Buyelwa Sonjica MP 2009 2010 ANC
Minister of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities The Hon. Lulu Xingwana MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya MP 2009 2010 ANC

List of deputy ministers

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Although deputy ministers are not members of the cabinet, they are appointed by the president and assist cabinet ministers in the execution of their duties. During the term of Zuma's second cabinet, the deputy ministers were, like the cabinet, appointed on 10 May 2009; they included one opposition politician, Pieter Mulder of the Freedom Front Plus.[3] The allocation of deputy ministerial positions was affected by four of Zuma's five cabinet reshuffles: 17 portfolios were affected by the 31 October 2010 reshuffle (including the portfolio of former deputy minister Molefi Sefularo, who had died),[4] six by the October 2011 reshuffle,[5] five by the June 2012 reshuffle (including the portfolio of former deputy minister Enoch Godongwana, who had resigned amid a fraud scandal),[7][8] and four by the July 2013 reshuffle.[11]

These reshuffles also involved the establishment of several new deputy minister posts. In October 2010, Zuma appointed, for the first time, a Deputy Minister of Energy, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, and Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources (the new name for the mining portfolio), as well as a Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring, Evaluation, and Administration.[4] In October 2011 he decreed that the Ministry of Public Works would no longer have a deputy minister but that the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities would have one,[5] though a new Deputy Minister of Public Works was ultimately appointed in June 2012.[8] The position of Deputy Minister of Science and Technology became vacant in October 2012, when the incumbent, Derek Hanekom, was promoted to cabinet, and it was not filled again until the next cabinet reshuffle in July 2013.[12] Zuma did not at any stage appoint a Deputy Minister of Labour, a Deputy Minister of State Security, or a Deputy Minister for the National Planning Commission.

Post Minister Term Party
Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring, Evaluation and Administration The Hon. Obed Bapela MP 2011 2014 ANC
The Hon. Dina Pule MP 2010 2011 ANC
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries The Hon. Pieter Mulder MP 2009 2014 FF+
Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture The Hon. Joe Phaahla MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Paul Mashatile MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Basic Education The Hon. Enver Surty MP 2009 2014 ANC
Deputy Minister of Communications The Hon. Stella Ndabeni MP 2011 2014 ANC
The Hon. Obed Bapela MP 2010 2011 ANC
The Hon. Dina Pule MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs The Hon. Andries Nel MP 2013 2014 ANC
The Hon. Yunus Carrim MP 2009 2013 ANC
Deputy Minister of Correctional Services The Hon. Ngoako Ramatlhodi MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Hlengiwe Mkhize MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans The Hon. Thabang Makwetla MP 2009 2014 ANC
Deputy Minister of Economic Development The Hon. Hlengiwe Mkhize MP 2012 2014 ANC
The Hon. Enoch Godongwana MP 2010 2012 ANC
The Hon. Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Energy The Hon. Barbara Thomson MP 2010 2014 ANC
Deputy Minister of Finance The Hon. Nhlanhla Nene MP 2009 2014 ANC
Deputy Minister of Health The Hon. Gwen Ramokgopa MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Molefi Sefularo MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training The Hon. Mduduzi Manana MP 2012 2014 ANC
The Hon. Hlengiwe Mkhize MP 2010 2012 ANC
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs The Hon. Fatima Chohan MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Malusi Gigaba MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Human Settlements The Hon. Zou Kota MP 2009 2019 ANC
Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation 1st The Hon. Ebrahim Ebrahim MP 2009 2014 ANC
Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation 2nd The Hon. Marius Fransman MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Sue van der Merwe MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development The Hon. John Jeffery MP 2013 2014 ANC
The Hon. Andries Nel MP 2009 2013 ANC
Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources The Hon. Godfrey Oliphant MP 2010 2014 ANC
Deputy Minister of Police The Hon. Maggie Sotyu MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Fikile Mbalula MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises The Hon. Gratitude Magwanishe MP 2012 2014 ANC
The Hon. Ben Martins MP 2010 2012 ANC
The Hon. Enoch Godongwana MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration The Hon. Ayanda Dlodlo MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Roy Padayachie MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Public Works The Hon. Jeremy Cronin MP 2012 2014 ANC
The Hon. Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu MP 2009 2011 ANC
Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform The Hon. Pam Tshwete MP 2013 2014 ANC
The Hon. Lech Tsenoli MP 2011 2013 ANC
The Hon. Thulas Nxesi MP 2010 2011 ANC
The Hon. Joe Phaahla MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology The Hon. Michael Masutha MP 2013 2014 ANC
The Hon. Derek Hanekom MP 2009 2012 ANC
Deputy Minister of Social Development The Hon. Maria Ntuli MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Bathabile Dlamini MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation The Hon. Gert Oosthuizen MP 2009 2014 ANC
Deputy Minister of Tourism The Hon. Tokozile Xasa MP 2009 2014 ANC
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry 1st The Hon. Thandi Tobias MP 2009 2014 ANC
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry 2nd The Hon. Elizabeth Thabethe MP 2010 2014 ANC
The Hon. Maria Ntuli MP 2009 2010 ANC
Deputy Minister of Transport The Hon. Sindy Chikunga MP 2012 2014 ANC
The Hon. Jeremy Cronin MP 2009 2012 ANC
Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs The Hon. Joyce Mabudafhasi MP 2009 2014 ANC
Deputy Minister of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities The Hon. Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu MP 2011 2014 ANC

References

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