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| deputy = [[Nobuhle Nkabane]]
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| salary = [[South African rand|R]]2,401,633<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-14|title=Here’s how much South Africa’s ministers and other top government officials will get paid this year|url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/490451/heres-how-much-south-africas-ministers-and-other-top-government-officials-will-get-paid-this-year/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=BusinessTech|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| website = [http://www.energy.gov.za/ Department of Mineral Resources and Energy]
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| image = Gwede Mantashe in 2019.png
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The '''Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy''' is a [[Minister (government)|minister]] in the [[Cabinet of South Africa|cabinet]] of the [[Government of South Africa|South African national government]]. The portfolio was called the '''Ministry of Minerals and Energy''' until May 2009, when President [[Jacob Zuma]] split it into two separate portfolios under the '''Ministry of Mining''' (later the '''Ministry of Mineral Resources''') and the '''Ministry of Energy'''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2009-05-10|title=Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet|url=https://www.gov.za/statement-president-jacob-zuma-appointment-new-cabinet|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref> Ten years later, in May 2019, his successor President [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] reunited the portfolios as the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|date=2019-06-14|title=President Cyril Ramaphosa announces reconfigured departments|url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-announces-reconfigured-departments-14-jun-2019-0000|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African government}}</ref>
The '''Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy''' is a [[Minister (government)|minister]] in the [[Cabinet of South Africa|cabinet]] of the [[Government of South Africa|South African national government]]. The portfolio was called the '''Ministry of Minerals and Energy''' until May 2009, when President [[Jacob Zuma]] split it into two separate portfolios under the '''Ministry of Mining''' (later the '''Ministry of Mineral Resources''') and the '''Ministry of Energy'''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2009-05-10|title=Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet|url=https://www.gov.za/statement-president-jacob-zuma-appointment-new-cabinet|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref> Ten years later, in May 2019, his successor President [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] reunited the portfolios as the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|date=2019-06-14|title=President Cyril Ramaphosa announces reconfigured departments|url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-announces-reconfigured-departments-14-jun-2019-0000|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African government}}</ref>


The current minister is [[Gwede Mantashe]], who was appointed to the position when the portfolios were reunified and who had been Minister of Mineral Resources before then.<ref name=":8" /> He is the political head of the [[Department of Mineral Resources and Energy]], which was formed in a merger in June 2019.
The current minister is [[Gwede Mantashe]], who was appointed to the position when the portfolios were reunified and who had been Minister of Mineral Resources before then.<ref name=":8" /> He is the political head of the [[Department of Mineral Resources and Energy]], which was formed in a merger in June 2019.


==History==
==History==
The Ministry of Minerals and Energy existed as a position in the [[apartheid]] government and was retained in the [[Government of National Unity (South Africa)|Government of National Unity]] (GNU) after the [[1994 South African general election|first democratic elections]] in 1994.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Keller|first=Bill|date=1994-05-12|title=Mandela Completes His Cabinet, Giving Buthelezi a Post|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/12/world/mandela-completes-his-cabinet-giving-buthelezi-a-post.html|access-date=2022-01-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> When the [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] resigned from the GNU, there was a [[cabinet reshuffle]], in which [[Pik Botha]] was replaced.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=1996-05-14|title=Mandela Revamps Cabinet in South Africa|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-14-mn-4000-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> Since then, every incumbent of the ministry has been a member of the ruling [[African National Congress]].
The Ministry of Minerals and Energy existed as a position in the [[apartheid]] government and was retained in the [[Government of National Unity (South Africa)|Government of National Unity]] (GNU) after the [[1994 South African general election|first democratic elections]] in 1994.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Keller|first=Bill|date=1994-05-12|title=Mandela Completes His Cabinet, Giving Buthelezi a Post|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/12/world/mandela-completes-his-cabinet-giving-buthelezi-a-post.html|access-date=2022-01-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> When the [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] resigned from the GNU, there was a [[cabinet reshuffle]], in which [[Pik Botha]] was replaced.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=1996-05-14|title=Mandela Revamps Cabinet in South Africa|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-14-mn-4000-story.html|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> Since then, every incumbent of the ministry has been a member of the ruling [[African National Congress]].


When Zuma took office in May 2009, he separated the [[Department of Mineral Resources and Energy|Department of Minerals and Energy]] into the [[Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa)|Department of Mining]] and the [[Department of Energy (South Africa)|Department of Energy]], overseen by the Minister of Mining and the Minister of Energy respectively.<ref name=":0" /> The Minister of Mining became known as the Minister of Mineral Resources from the beginning of his [[Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|second cabinet]] in May 2014, and the department was also renamed accordingly. During Zuma's presidency, there were a number of cabinet reshuffles, affecting the energy portfolio in particular.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2017-03-31|title=President Jacob Zuma appoints new Ministers and Deputy Ministers|url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-jacob-zuma-appoints-new-ministers-and-deputy-ministers-31-mar-2017-0000|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Bezuidenhout|first=Jessica|date=2017-04-28|title=Ex-SSA man given top energy post|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2017-04-28-00-ex-ssa-man-given-top-energy-post/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=The Mail & Guardian|language=en-ZA}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Quintal|first=Genevieve|date=2017-10-17|title=Surprise Cabinet reshuffle — who's in and who's out|url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2017-10-17-breaking-news-surprise-cabinet-reshuffle-whos-in-and-whos-out/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Business Day|language=en-ZA}}</ref> The dismissals of energy ministers were linked by commentators to Zuma's efforts to gain approval for a proposed [[Nuclear power in South Africa|nuclear power]] deal with Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Essa|first=Azad|date=2017-10-17|title=S Africa cabinet shaken up ‘in bid to seal energy deal’|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/17/zuma-reshuffles-cabinet-in-bid-to-secure-energy-deal|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Al Jazeera|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Winkler|first=Hartmut|date=2017-03-31|title=Zuma's cabinet reshuffle opens the door for nuclear deal in South Africa|url=https://www.enca.com/money/zumas-cabinet-reshuffle-opens-the-door-for-nuclear-deal-in-south-africa|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=eNCA|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dlamini|first=Penwell|date=2017-10-17|title=Cabinet reshuffle about Zuma chasing nuclear deal: Malema|url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2017-10-17-cabinet-reshuffle-about-zuma-chasing-nuclear-deal-malema/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Sowetan|language=en-ZA}}</ref>
When Zuma took office in May 2009, he separated the [[Department of Mineral Resources and Energy|Department of Minerals and Energy]] into the [[Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa)|Department of Mining]] and the [[Department of Energy (South Africa)|Department of Energy]], overseen by the Minister of Mining and the Minister of Energy respectively.<ref name=":0" /> The Minister of Mining became known as the Minister of Mineral Resources from the beginning of his [[Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|second cabinet]] in May 2014, and the department was also renamed accordingly. During Zuma's presidency, there were a number of cabinet reshuffles, affecting the energy portfolio in particular.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2017-03-31|title=President Jacob Zuma appoints new Ministers and Deputy Ministers|url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-jacob-zuma-appoints-new-ministers-and-deputy-ministers-31-mar-2017-0000|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Bezuidenhout|first=Jessica|date=2017-04-28|title=Ex-SSA man given top energy post|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2017-04-28-00-ex-ssa-man-given-top-energy-post/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=The Mail & Guardian|language=en-ZA}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Quintal|first=Genevieve|date=2017-10-17|title=Surprise Cabinet reshuffle — who's in and who's out|url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2017-10-17-breaking-news-surprise-cabinet-reshuffle-whos-in-and-whos-out/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Business Day|language=en-ZA}}</ref> The dismissals of energy ministers were linked by commentators to Zuma's efforts to gain approval for a proposed [[Nuclear power in South Africa|nuclear power]] deal with Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Essa|first=Azad|date=2017-10-17|title=S Africa cabinet shaken up 'in bid to seal energy deal'|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/17/zuma-reshuffles-cabinet-in-bid-to-secure-energy-deal|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Al Jazeera|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Winkler|first=Hartmut|date=2017-03-31|title=Zuma's cabinet reshuffle opens the door for nuclear deal in South Africa|url=https://www.enca.com/money/zumas-cabinet-reshuffle-opens-the-door-for-nuclear-deal-in-south-africa|access-date=2022-01-17|website=eNCA|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dlamini|first=Penwell|date=2017-10-17|title=Cabinet reshuffle about Zuma chasing nuclear deal: Malema|url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2017-10-17-cabinet-reshuffle-about-zuma-chasing-nuclear-deal-malema/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Sowetan|language=en-ZA}}</ref>


When Ramaphosa replaced Zuma in February 2018, he retained the separate mineral resources and energy portfolios during his [[First Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|first cabinet]], but, after being [[2019 South African presidential election|re-elected]] pursuant to the [[2019 South African general election|2019 general election]], he united the ministerial portfolios and, shortly afterwards, the departments.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2018-02-26|title=President Cyril Ramaphosa announces changes to the National Executive|url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-announces-changes-national-executive-26-feb-2018-0000|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref>
When Ramaphosa replaced Zuma in February 2018, he retained the separate mineral resources and energy portfolios during his [[First Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|first cabinet]], but, after being [[2019 South African presidential election|re-elected]] pursuant to the [[2019 South African general election|2019 general election]], he united the ministerial portfolios and, shortly afterwards, the departments.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2018-02-26|title=President Cyril Ramaphosa announces changes to the National Executive|url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-announces-changes-national-executive-26-feb-2018-0000|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref>


==List of Ministers==
==List of ministers==
===Mineral and energy (1994–2009)===
===1994–2009: Minister of Minerals and Energy===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Minister
!Minister
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!President
!President
|-
|-
|[[Pik Botha]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Pik Botha]]
|1994
|1994
|1996
|1996
| rowspan="2" |[[Nelson Mandela|Mandela]] <small>([[Cabinet of Nelson Mandela|I]])</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[Nelson Mandela|Mandela]] <small>([[Cabinet of Nelson Mandela|I]])</small>
|-
|-
|[[Penuell Maduna]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Penuell Maduna]]
|1996
|1996
|1999
|1999
|-
|-
|[[Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka]]
|1999
|1999
|2004
|2004
|[[Thabo Mbeki|Mbeki]] <small>([[First Cabinet of Thabo Mbeki|I]])</small>
|[[Thabo Mbeki|Mbeki]] <small>([[First Cabinet of Thabo Mbeki|I]])</small>
|-
|-
|[[Lindiwe Hendricks]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Lindiwe Hendricks]]
|2004
|2004
|2006
|2006
| rowspan="2" |[[Thabo Mbeki|Mbeki]] <small>([[Second Cabinet of Thabo Mbeki|II]])</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[Thabo Mbeki|Mbeki]] <small>([[Second Cabinet of Thabo Mbeki|II]])</small>
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Buyelwa Sonjica]] <small>MP</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[Buyelwa Sonjica]]
| rowspan="2" |2006
| rowspan="2" |2006
| rowspan="2" |2009
| rowspan="2" |2009
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[[Kgalema Motlanthe|Motlanthe]] <small>([[Cabinet of Kgalema Motlanthe|I]])</small>
[[Kgalema Motlanthe|Motlanthe]] <small>([[Cabinet of Kgalema Motlanthe|I]])</small>
|}
|}
[[Susan Shabangu]] was deputy minister for the duration of Maduna and Mlambo-Ngcuka's tenure as minister.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Susan Shabangu|url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/susan-shabangu-ms|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref> Mlambo-Ngcuka and Shabangu were the portfolio's first female minister and deputy minister respectively, and theirs was the first ministry in the history of the South African government in which both top positions were filled by women.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.dmr.gov.za/about-dmr/overview|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Department of Mineral Resources}}</ref> [[Lulama Xingwana|Lulu Xingwana]] succeeded Shabangu as deputy minister under Hendricks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-04-28|title=Mbeki's cabinet list|url=https://www.news24.com/News24/Mbekis-cabinet-list-20040428|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=News24|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jasson da Costa|first=Wendy|date=2006-05-23|title=Mbeki's cabinet reshuffle raises eyebrows|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/mbekis-cabinet-reshuffle-raises-eyebrows-278704|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=IOL|language=en}}</ref>
[[Susan Shabangu]] was deputy minister for the duration of Maduna and Mlambo-Ngcuka's tenure as minister.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Susan Shabangu|url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/susan-shabangu-ms|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref> Mlambo-Ngcuka and Shabangu were the portfolio's first female minister and deputy minister respectively, and theirs was the first ministry in the history of the South African government in which both top positions were filled by women.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.dmr.gov.za/about-dmr/overview|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Department of Mineral Resources}}</ref> [[Lulama Xingwana|Lulu Xingwana]] succeeded Shabangu as deputy minister under Hendricks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-04-28|title=Mbeki's cabinet list|url=https://www.news24.com/News24/Mbekis-cabinet-list-20040428|access-date=2022-01-17|website=News24|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jasson da Costa|first=Wendy|date=2006-05-23|title=Mbeki's cabinet reshuffle raises eyebrows|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/mbekis-cabinet-reshuffle-raises-eyebrows-278704|access-date=2022-01-17|website=IOL|language=en}}</ref>


===2009–2019: Separate portfolios===
===Separate portfolios (2009–2019)===
====Minister of Mineral Resources====
====Mineral resources====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Minister
!Minister
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!President
!President
|-
|-
|[[Susan Shabangu]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Susan Shabangu]]
|2009
|2009
|2014
|2014
|[[Jacob Zuma|Zuma]] <small>([[First Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|I]])</small>
|[[Jacob Zuma|Zuma]] <small>([[First Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|I]])</small>
|-
|-
|[[Ngoako Ramatlhodi|Ngoako Ramathlodi]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Ngoako Ramatlhodi|Ngoako Ramathlodi]]
|2014
|2014
|2015
|2015
| rowspan="2" |[[Jacob Zuma|Zuma]] <small>([[Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|II]])</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[Jacob Zuma|Zuma]] <small>([[Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|II]])</small>
|-
|-
|[[Mosebenzi Zwane]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Mosebenzi Zwane]]
|2015
|2015
|2018
|2018
|-
|-
|[[Gwede Mantashe]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Gwede Mantashe]]
|2018
|2018
|2019
|2019
|[[Cyril Ramaphosa|Ramaphosa]] <small>([[First Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|I]])</small>
|[[Cyril Ramaphosa|Ramaphosa]] <small>([[First Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|I]])</small>
|}
|}
[[Godfrey Oliphant]] was deputy minister between November 2010 and May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Godfrey Oliphant|url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/godfrey-oliphant-mr|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref>
[[Godfrey Oliphant]] was deputy minister between November 2010 and May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Godfrey Oliphant|url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/godfrey-oliphant-mr|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref>


====Minister of Energy====
====Energy====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Minister
!Minister
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!President
!President
|-
|-
|[[Dipuo Peters]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Dipuo Peters]]
|2009
|2009
|2013
|2013
| rowspan="2" |[[Jacob Zuma|Zuma]] <small>([[First Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|I]])</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[Jacob Zuma|Zuma]] <small>([[First Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|I]])</small>
|-
|-
|[[Ben Martins]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Ben Martins]]
|2013
|2013
|2014
|2014
|-
|-
|[[Tina Joemat-Pettersson]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Tina Joemat-Pettersson]]
|2014
|2014
|2017
|2017
| rowspan="3" |[[Jacob Zuma|Zuma]] <small>([[Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|II]])</small>
| rowspan="3" |[[Jacob Zuma|Zuma]] <small>([[Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|II]])</small>
|-
|-
|[[Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane|Mmamoloko Kubayi]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane|Mmamoloko Kubayi]]
|2017
|2017
|2017
|2017
|-
|-
|[[David Mahlobo]] <small>MP</small>
|[[David Mahlobo]]
|2017
|2017
|2018
|2018
|-
|-
|[[Jeff Radebe]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Jeff Radebe]]
|2018
|2018
|2019
|2019
|[[Cyril Ramaphosa|Ramaphosa]] <small>([[First Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|I]])</small>
|[[Cyril Ramaphosa|Ramaphosa]] <small>([[First Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|I]])</small>
|}
|}
[[Barbara Thomson]] was deputy minister of energy between November 2010 and May 2014, when she was succeeded by [[Thembi Majola]], who remained in the position until December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barbara Thomson|url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/barbara-thomson-ms|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Thembi Majola|url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/thembi-majola-ms|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref>
[[Barbara Thomson]] was deputy minister of energy between November 2010 and May 2014, when she was succeeded by [[Thembi Majola]], who remained in the position until December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barbara Thomson|url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/barbara-thomson-ms|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Thembi Majola|url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/thembi-majola-ms|access-date=2022-01-17|website=South African Government}}</ref>


===2019–present: Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy===
===Mineral resources and energy (2019–present)===
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|[[Gwede Mantashe]] <small>MP</small>
|[[Gwede Mantashe]]
|2019
|2019
|Present
|Present

Revision as of 19:58, 24 October 2023

South Africa
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
Flag of South Africa
Incumbent
Gwede Mantashe
since 30 May 2019
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa
DeputyNobuhle Nkabane
SalaryR2,401,633[1]
WebsiteDepartment of Mineral Resources and Energy

The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy is a minister in the cabinet of the South African national government. The portfolio was called the Ministry of Minerals and Energy until May 2009, when President Jacob Zuma split it into two separate portfolios under the Ministry of Mining (later the Ministry of Mineral Resources) and the Ministry of Energy.[2] Ten years later, in May 2019, his successor President Cyril Ramaphosa reunited the portfolios as the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy.[3]

The current minister is Gwede Mantashe, who was appointed to the position when the portfolios were reunified and who had been Minister of Mineral Resources before then.[3] He is the political head of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, which was formed in a merger in June 2019.

History

The Ministry of Minerals and Energy existed as a position in the apartheid government and was retained in the Government of National Unity (GNU) after the first democratic elections in 1994.[4] When the National Party resigned from the GNU, there was a cabinet reshuffle, in which Pik Botha was replaced.[5] Since then, every incumbent of the ministry has been a member of the ruling African National Congress.

When Zuma took office in May 2009, he separated the Department of Minerals and Energy into the Department of Mining and the Department of Energy, overseen by the Minister of Mining and the Minister of Energy respectively.[2] The Minister of Mining became known as the Minister of Mineral Resources from the beginning of his second cabinet in May 2014, and the department was also renamed accordingly. During Zuma's presidency, there were a number of cabinet reshuffles, affecting the energy portfolio in particular.[6][7][8] The dismissals of energy ministers were linked by commentators to Zuma's efforts to gain approval for a proposed nuclear power deal with Russia.[9][10][11]

When Ramaphosa replaced Zuma in February 2018, he retained the separate mineral resources and energy portfolios during his first cabinet, but, after being re-elected pursuant to the 2019 general election, he united the ministerial portfolios and, shortly afterwards, the departments.[3][12]

List of ministers

Mineral and energy (1994–2009)

Minister Term President
Pik Botha 1994 1996 Mandela (I)
Penuell Maduna 1996 1999
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka 1999 2004 Mbeki (I)
Lindiwe Hendricks 2004 2006 Mbeki (II)
Buyelwa Sonjica 2006 2009
Mbeki (II)

Motlanthe (I)

Susan Shabangu was deputy minister for the duration of Maduna and Mlambo-Ngcuka's tenure as minister.[13] Mlambo-Ngcuka and Shabangu were the portfolio's first female minister and deputy minister respectively, and theirs was the first ministry in the history of the South African government in which both top positions were filled by women.[14] Lulu Xingwana succeeded Shabangu as deputy minister under Hendricks.[15][16]

Separate portfolios (2009–2019)

Mineral resources

Minister Term President
Susan Shabangu 2009 2014 Zuma (I)
Ngoako Ramathlodi 2014 2015 Zuma (II)
Mosebenzi Zwane 2015 2018
Gwede Mantashe 2018 2019 Ramaphosa (I)

Godfrey Oliphant was deputy minister between November 2010 and May 2019.[17]

Energy

Minister Term President
Dipuo Peters 2009 2013 Zuma (I)
Ben Martins 2013 2014
Tina Joemat-Pettersson 2014 2017 Zuma (II)
Mmamoloko Kubayi 2017 2017
David Mahlobo 2017 2018
Jeff Radebe 2018 2019 Ramaphosa (I)

Barbara Thomson was deputy minister of energy between November 2010 and May 2014, when she was succeeded by Thembi Majola, who remained in the position until December 2018.[18][19]

Mineral resources and energy (2019–present)

Minister Term President
Gwede Mantashe 2019 Present Ramaphosa (II)

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External links

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