Minister of Home Affairs (South Africa)

South Africa
Minister of Home Affairs
South Africa ; Minister of Home Affairs
List 10 other official names: ; Minister van Binnelandse Sake (Afrikaans) ; uNgqongqotjhe wezangeKhaya (Southern Ndebele) ; UMphathiswa weMicimbi yezeKhaya (Xhosa) ; Indvuna Wezindaba Zasekhaya (Zulu) ; Indvuna Letasekhaya (Swazi) ; Tona ya Merero ya Legae (Northern Sotho) ; Letona la Merero ya Lehae (Sotho) ; Tona la Merero ya Selegae (Tswana) ; Holobye ya Xikaya (Tsonga) ; Minisiṱa wa zwa Muno (Venda) ;
	Flag of South Africa
	Incumbent; Malusi Gigaba; since 27 February 2018
	Department of Home Affairs
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder	Jan Smuts
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Fatima Chohan
Salary	R2,211,937
Website	Department of Home Affairs

The Minister of Home Affairs is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with responsibility for the Department of Home Affairs. This position is currently filled by Malusi Gigaba since 26 February 2018. The position includes responsibility for immigration, refugee and asylum policy, for the civil registry, and for the issuing of identity documents and passports.

List of Past Ministers

Minister of the Interior Affairs, 1910–1984

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	Prime Minister
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" \|	Jan Smuts		1910	1912	SAP	rowspan=5 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" \|	Louis Botha (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" \|	Abraham Fischer		1912	1913
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" \|	Jan Smuts		1913	1919
rowspan=3 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" \|	Thomas Watt		1919	1921
Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies)
SAP					rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" \|	Jan Smuts (I) (II)
SAP	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" \|	Patrick Duncan		1921	1924	Jan Smuts (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	D.F. Malan		19 June 1924	17 May 1933	NP	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	J.F.H Hofmeyer		17 May 1933	1936	UP	rowspan=4 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Richard Stuttaford		1936	1939
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Harry Lawrence		1939	17 July 1943
Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation)	Harry Lawrence		1939	17 July 1943
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	C.F. Clarkson		17 July 1943	26 May 1948	UP	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:United Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Jan Smuts (III)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:Reunited National Party/meta/color" \|	T.E. Dönges		26 May 1948	16 April 1958	HNP	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:Reunited National Party/meta/color" \|	D.F. Malan (I) (II)
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Tom Naudé		16 April 1958	8 October 1961	NP	rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Strydom (I)
Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)	Tom Naudé		16 April 1958	8 October 1961	NP
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Jan de Klerk		8 October 1961	30 March 1966	NP	rowspan=4 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	P.K. le Roux		30 March 1966	10 April 1968			Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Lourens Muller		10 April 1968	1970
B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)	Lourens Muller		10 April 1968	1970
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Marais Viljoen		1970	1970	NP	rowspan=5 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" \|	Theo Gerdener		1970	1972
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Connie Mulder		1972	1978
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Alwyn Schlebusch		1978	1980
rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Chris Heunis	File:Chris Heunis.jpg	1980	1982
NP	Chris Heunis	File:Chris Heunis.jpg	1980	1982	rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	P.W. Botha (I)
NP	style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	F.W. de Klerk		1982	1984	P.W. Botha (I)

Minister of Internal Affairs, 1984–1994

Name		Term		Party	President (since 1984)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	F.W. de Klerk	1984	1985	NP	rowspan=2 style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	P.W. Botha (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Stoffel Botha	1985	6 September 1989	NP		P.W. Botha (I) (II)
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Gene Louw	6 September 1989	1992	NP	rowspan=3 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" \|	Louis Pienaar	1992	1993
style="width:1%;background-color: Template:National Party (South Africa)/meta/color" \|	Danie Schutte	1993	10 May 1994

Minister of Home Affairs, 1994–present

NAME	TERM	PARTY	PRESIDENT
Mangosuthu Buthelezi	10 May 1994 – 29 April 2004	IFP	Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula	29 April 2004 – 21 April 2009	ANC	Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe (after Mbeki resigned from office)
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	22 April 2009 – 3 October 2012	ANC	Jacob Zuma
Naledi Pandor	4 October 2012 – 6 May 2014	ANC
Malusi Gigaba	7 May 2014 – 30 March 2017	ANC
Hlengiwe Mkhize	30 March 2017 – 17 October 2017	ANC
Ayanda Dlodlo	17 October 2017 – 26 February 2018	ANC
Malusi Gigaba	27 February 2018 -	ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa

References

^ "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.

[1] "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.

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