South Africa Minister of Arts and Culture | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Jacob Zuma |
Inaugural holder | Pallo Jordan |
Formation | 29 April 2004 |
Deputy | Maggie Sotyu |
Salary | R2,211,937 [1] |
Website | Arts 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 [update] the incumbent minister is Nathi Mthethwa and his deputy is Maggie Sotyu.
Apart from the Department of Arts and Culture, the following institutions also report to the minister: [3]
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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J.H. Viljoen | 1949 | 16 April 1958 | NP |
D.F. Malan ( I) ( II) | |||
J.J. Serfontein | 16 April 1958 | 8 October 1961 | NP |
Hans Strydom ( I) | |||
Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death) | |||||||
8 October 1961 | 1970 | NP |
Hendrik Verwoerd ( I) ( II) | ||||
B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death) | |||||||
1970 | 1981 | NP |
B.J. Vorster ( I) ( II) ( III) | ||||
1981 | 1989 | NP |
P.W. Botha ( I) ( II) |
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Piet Clase | 1989 | 1991 | NP |
F.W. de Klerk ( I) | |||
Piet Marais | 1991 | 10 May 1994 |
Name | Term | Party | President | |||
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Ben Ngubane | 11 May 1994 | 31 August 1996 | ANC |
Nelson Mandela ( Government of National Unity) | ||
Ben Ngubane | 17 June 1999 | 29 April 2004 | ANC |
Thabo Mbeki ( I) |
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President | |||
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Pallo Jordan | 29 April 2004 | 22 April 2009 | ANC |
Thabo Mbeki ( II) | |||
Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns) | |||||||
Lulama Xingwana | 22 April 2009 | 30 October 2010 | ANC |
Jacob Zuma ( I) ( II) Cyril Ramaphosa ( I) ( II) | |||
Paul Mashatile | 30 October 2010 | 7 May 2014 | |||||
Nathi Mthethwa | 24 May 2014 | Incumbent |
South Africa Minister of Arts and Culture | |
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List
| |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Jacob Zuma |
Inaugural holder | Pallo Jordan |
Formation | 29 April 2004 |
Deputy | Maggie Sotyu |
Salary | R2,211,937 [1] |
Website | Arts 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 [update] the incumbent minister is Nathi Mthethwa and his deputy is Maggie Sotyu.
Apart from the Department of Arts and Culture, the following institutions also report to the minister: [3]
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.H. Viljoen | 1949 | 16 April 1958 | NP |
D.F. Malan ( I) ( II) | |||
J.J. Serfontein | 16 April 1958 | 8 October 1961 | NP |
Hans Strydom ( I) | |||
Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death) | |||||||
8 October 1961 | 1970 | NP |
Hendrik Verwoerd ( I) ( II) | ||||
B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death) | |||||||
1970 | 1981 | NP |
B.J. Vorster ( I) ( II) ( III) | ||||
1981 | 1989 | NP |
P.W. Botha ( I) ( II) |
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Piet Clase | 1989 | 1991 | NP |
F.W. de Klerk ( I) | |||
Piet Marais | 1991 | 10 May 1994 |
Name | Term | Party | President | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Ngubane | 11 May 1994 | 31 August 1996 | ANC |
Nelson Mandela ( Government of National Unity) | ||
Ben Ngubane | 17 June 1999 | 29 April 2004 | ANC |
Thabo Mbeki ( I) |
Name | Portrait | Term | Party | President | |||
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Pallo Jordan | 29 April 2004 | 22 April 2009 | ANC |
Thabo Mbeki ( II) | |||
Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns) | |||||||
Lulama Xingwana | 22 April 2009 | 30 October 2010 | ANC |
Jacob Zuma ( I) ( II) Cyril Ramaphosa ( I) ( II) | |||
Paul Mashatile | 30 October 2010 | 7 May 2014 | |||||
Nathi Mthethwa | 24 May 2014 | Incumbent |