Minister of Home Affairs (South Africa)

South Africa Minister of Home Affairs
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Flag of South Africa
Incumbent Malusi Gigaba since 26 May 2014
Department of Home Affairs
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	Jan Smuts
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Fatima Chohan
Salary	R2,211,937^[1]
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. 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

	Term		Party
Jan Smuts	1910	1912	SAP	Louis Botha (I) (II)
Abraham Fischer	1912	1913
Jan Smuts	1913	1919
Thomas Watt	1919	1921
				Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies)
			SAP	Jan Smuts (I) (II)
Patrick Duncan	1921	1924	SAP	Jan Smuts (I) (II)
D.F. Malan	19 June 1924	17 May 1933	NP	J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II)
J.F.H Hofmeyer	17 May 1933	1936	UP	J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV)
Richard Stuttaford	1936	1939
Harry Lawrence	1939	17 July 1943
Harry Lawrence	1939	17 July 1943		Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation)
C.F. Clarkson	17 July 1943	26 May 1948	UP	Jan Smuts (III)
T.E. Dönges	26 May 1948	16 April 1958	HNP	D.F. Malan (I) (II)
Tom Naudé	16 April 1958	8 October 1961	NP	Strydom (I)
Tom Naudé	16 April 1958	8 October 1961	NP	Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
Jan de Klerk	8 October 1961	30 March 1966	NP	Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
P.K. le Roux	30 March 1966	10 April 1968		Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
Lourens Muller	10 April 1968	1970
Lourens Muller	10 April 1968	1970		B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)
Marais Viljoen	1970	1970	NP	B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
Theo Gerdener	1970	1972
Connie Mulder	1972	1978
Alwyn Schlebusch	1978	1980
Chris Heunis	1980	1982
Chris Heunis	1980	1982	NP	P.W. Botha (I)
F.W. de Klerk	1982	1984	NP	P.W. Botha (I)

Minister of Internal Affairs, 1984-1994

	Term		Party
F.W. de Klerk	1984	1985	NP	P.W. Botha (I) (II)
Stoffel Botha	1985	6 September 1989	NP	P.W. Botha (I) (II)
Gene Louw	6 September 1989	1992	NP	F.W. de Klerk (I)
Louis Pienaar	1992	1993
Danie Schutte	1993	10 May 1994

Minister of Home Affairs, 1994-present

	Term		Party
Mangosuthu Buthelezi	10 May 1994	29 April 2004	IFP	Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
Mangosuthu Buthelezi	10 May 1994	29 April 2004	IFP	Thabo Mbeki (I) (II)
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula	29 April 2004	21 April 2009	ANC	Thabo Mbeki (I) (II)
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula	29 April 2004	21 April 2009	ANC	Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns)
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma	22 April 2009	3 October 2012	ANC	Jacob Zuma (I) (II)
Naledi Pandor	4 October 2012	6 May 2014
Malusi Gigaba	7 May 2014	Incumbent

References

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

External links

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Home affairs ministers of South Africa

pre-Apartheid (1910-1948)	Smuts Fischer Theron Watt Duncan Malan Hofmeyr Stuttaford Lawrence Clarkson Lawrence

Apartheid-era (1948-1994)	Dönges Naudé J. de Klerk Le Roux Muller Viljoen Gerdener Mulder Schlebusch Heunis F. W. de Klerk Botha Louw Pienaar Schutte

Post-Apartheid (1994-present)	Buthelezi Mapisa-Nqakula Dlamini-Zuma Pandor Gigaba

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