Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

South Africa Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
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Incumbent Michael Masutha since 26 May 2014
Department of Justice and Correctional Services
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	J. B. M. Hertzog
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Thabang Makwetla
Salary	R2,211,937^[1]
Website	Department of Justice and Correctional Services

The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services is the justice minister in the government of South Africa. He is the political head of the Department of Justice and Correctional Services, which is responsible for administrative support to the courts, oversight of the National Prosecuting Authority, the provision of legal services to departments of state, law reform and Correctional Services.

Prior to May 2014, Correctional Services was a separate department and the justice department was named the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.^[2]^[3]

As of 2014 the incumbent is Michael Masutha, who was appointed to the position by President Jacob Zuma in 2013. His deputies are John Jeffery (Justice and Constitutional Development) and Thabang Makwetla (Correctional Services).^[4]^[5]

List

This list contains all persons to hold the position of justice minister from the founding of the Union of South Africa to the current time (2011):

Minister	Party	Incumbency	Under
J. B. M. Hertzog	SAP	1910–1912	Prime Minister Louis Botha
Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer	SAP	1912–1913
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet	SAP	1913–1919
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet	SAP	1919–1924	Prime Minister Jan Smuts
Tielman Roos	NP	1924–1929	Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog
Oswald Pirow	NP	1929–1933
Jan Smuts	SAP/UP	1933–1939
Colin Fraser Steyn	UP	1939–1945	Prime Minister Jan Smuts
Harry Lawrence	UP	1945–1948	Prime Minister Jan Smuts
Charles Robberts Swart	NP	1948–1954	Prime Minister Daniel François Malan
		1954–1958	Prime Minister Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
		1958–1959	Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd
Frans Erasmus	NP	1959–1961
B. J. Vorster	NP	1961–1966
Petrus Cornelius Pelser	NP	1966–1974	Prime Minister B. J. Vorster
Jimmy Kruger	NP	1974–1978	Prime Minister B. J. Vorster
Jimmy Kruger	NP	1978–1979	Prime Minister P. W. Botha
Alwyn Schlebusch	NP	1979–1980
Kobie Coetsee	NP	1980–1984
		1984–1989	State President P. W. Botha
		1989–1994	State President F. W. de Klerk
Dullah Omar	ANC	1994–1999	President Nelson Mandela
Penuell Maduna	ANC	1999–2004	President Thabo Mbeki
Brigitte Mabandla	ANC	29 April 2004 – 25 September 2008	President Thabo Mbeki
Enver Surty	ANC	25 September 2008 – 10 May 2009	President Kgalema Motlanthe
Jeff Radebe	ANC	11 May 2009 – 24 May 2014	President Jacob Zuma
Michael Masutha	ANC	25 May 2014 – present	President Jacob Zuma

References

↑ "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
↑ "President Jacob Zuma announces members of the National Executive, Pretoria". The Presidency. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
↑ Wynn, Craig (25 May 2014). "Zuma announces new Cabinet". EWN. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
↑ "Justice/Contacts/Ministry". Department of Justice. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
↑ "DCS". Retrieved 18 July 2014.

Minister of Justice of South Africa

Pre-apartheid (1910–1948)	Hertzog Sauer de Wet Roos Pirow Smuts Steyn Lawrence

Apartheid-era (1948–1994)	Swart Erasmus Vorster Pelser Kruger Schlebusch Coetsee

Post-apartheid (1994–present)	Omar Maduna Mabandla Surty Radebe

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