South Africa Minister of Correctional Services | |
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Department of Correctional Services | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | The President of South Africa |
Formation | 1991 |
First holder | Adriaan Vlok |
Final holder | S'bu Ndebele |
Abolished | 24 May 2014 |
The Minister of Correctional Services was a minister in the government of South Africa, who was responsible for overseeing the Department of Correctional Services. [1] The ministry existed between 1990 and 2014 – it was known before 1994 as the Ministry of Prisons – and has now been subsumed under the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services. Before 1990, correctional services were administered within the Ministry of Justice; a separate department and ministerial portfolio were established only when extensive prison reforms were announced in the early 1990s, under the cabinet of F.W. de Klerk. [2] In July 2014, at the beginning of the second Zuma cabinet, the portfolios were merged again, creating the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services, which now has a dedicated Deputy Minister of Correctional Services and which oversees the Department of Correctional Services. [3] [4]
Minister | Incumbency | Under President |
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Adriaan Vlok | 1991 – 1994 | F.W. de Klerk |
Minister | Incumbency | Under President |
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Sipo Mzimela | 1994 – 1998 | Nelson Mandela |
Ben Skosana | 1998 – 1999 | |
1999 – 2004 | Thabo Mbeki | |
Ngconde Balfour | 2004 – 2008 | |
2008 – 2009 | Kgalema Motlanthe | |
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula [5] | 11 May 2009 – 12 June 2012 | Jacob Zuma |
S'bu Ndebele [6] | 12 June 2012 – 25 May 2014 | |
After this date the Ministry was merged into the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services [7] [8] |
South Africa Minister of Correctional Services | |
---|---|
Department of Correctional Services | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | The President of South Africa |
Formation | 1991 |
First holder | Adriaan Vlok |
Final holder | S'bu Ndebele |
Abolished | 24 May 2014 |
The Minister of Correctional Services was a minister in the government of South Africa, who was responsible for overseeing the Department of Correctional Services. [1] The ministry existed between 1990 and 2014 – it was known before 1994 as the Ministry of Prisons – and has now been subsumed under the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services. Before 1990, correctional services were administered within the Ministry of Justice; a separate department and ministerial portfolio were established only when extensive prison reforms were announced in the early 1990s, under the cabinet of F.W. de Klerk. [2] In July 2014, at the beginning of the second Zuma cabinet, the portfolios were merged again, creating the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services, which now has a dedicated Deputy Minister of Correctional Services and which oversees the Department of Correctional Services. [3] [4]
Minister | Incumbency | Under President |
---|---|---|
Adriaan Vlok | 1991 – 1994 | F.W. de Klerk |
Minister | Incumbency | Under President |
---|---|---|
Sipo Mzimela | 1994 – 1998 | Nelson Mandela |
Ben Skosana | 1998 – 1999 | |
1999 – 2004 | Thabo Mbeki | |
Ngconde Balfour | 2004 – 2008 | |
2008 – 2009 | Kgalema Motlanthe | |
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula [5] | 11 May 2009 – 12 June 2012 | Jacob Zuma |
S'bu Ndebele [6] | 12 June 2012 – 25 May 2014 | |
After this date the Ministry was merged into the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services [7] [8] |