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South Africa
Minister of Arts and Culture
List
  • 10 other official names:
  • Minister van Kuns en Kultuur (Afrikaans)
  • uNgqongqotjhe wezoBukghwari namaSiko (Southern Ndebele)
  • UMphathiswa lezoBuchule kunyeNkcubeko (Xhosa)
  • Indvuna wezobuCiko namaSiko (Zulu)
  • Indvuna leteBuciko neMasiko (Swazi)
  • Tona ya Botaki le Khaltšharai (Northern Sotho)
  • Letona la Bonono le Setso (Sotho)
  • Tona e e mabapi le Botaki le Setso (Tswana)
  • Holobyeya swa Vuxongi na Mindhavuko (Tsonga)
  • Minisiṱa wa zwa Vhutsila na Mvelele (Venda)
Flag of South_Africa
Incumbent
Nathi Mthethwa
since 26 May 2014
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerJacob Zuma
Inaugural holderPallo Jordan
Formation29 April 2004
DeputyMaggie Sotyu
SalaryR2,211,937[1]
WebsiteArts and Culture

The Minister of Arts and Culture is a Minister of the Cabinet of South Africa who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Arts and Culture. The portfolio was created on 29 April 2004 on the appointment of the second Cabinet of President Thabo Mbeki, when the Arts, Culture, Science and Technology portfolio was divided into two.[2] As of 26 May 2014 the incumbent minister is Nathi Mthethwa and his deputy is Maggie Sotyu.

Institutions

Apart from the Department of Arts and Culture, the following institutions also report to the minister:[3]

List of Past Ministers

Minister of Education, Arts and Science, 1949-1989

Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | J.H. Viljoen 1949 16 April 1958 NP style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | D.F. Malan
(I) (II)
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" | J.J. Serfontein 16 April 1958 8 October 1961 NP rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | Hans Strydom
(I)
Hendrik Verwoerd
(takes office after Strydom's death)
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" | 8 October 1961 1970 NP rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | Hendrik Verwoerd
(I) (II)
B.J. Vorster
(takes office after Verwoerd's death)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | 1970 1981 NP style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | B.J. Vorster
(I) (II) (III)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | 1981 1989 NP style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | P.W. Botha
(I) (II)

Minister of Education and Culture, 1989-1994

Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | Piet Clase 1989 1991 NP rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | F.W. de Klerk
(I)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" | Piet Marais 1991 10 May 1994

Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, 1994-2004

Name Portrait Term Party President
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" | 10 May 1994 18 June 1999 ANC style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" | Nelson Mandela
(Government of National Unity)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" | Ben Ngubane 18 June 1999 29 April 2004 ANC style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" | Thabo Mbeki
(I)

Minister of Arts and Culture, 2004-present

Name Portrait Term Party President
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" | Pallo Jordan 29 April 2004 22 April 2009 ANC rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" | Thabo Mbeki
(II)
Kgalema Motlanthe
(takes office after Mbeki resigns)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" | Lulama Xingwana 22 April 2009 30 October 2010 ANC rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" | Jacob Zuma
(I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" | Paul Mashatile 30 October 2010 7 May 2014
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:African National Congress/meta/color" | Nathi Mthethwa 24 May 2014 Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
  2. ^ "Mbeki announces new cabinet". iafrica.com. 29 April 2004. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  3. ^ Annual Report 2009–2009 (PDF). Department of Arts and Culture. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-919965-11-6.
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