The Minister of Employment and Labour is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. They are responsible for leading the Department of Employment and Labour, which oversees employment, Industrial relations, unemployment, job creation, and other related matters.
The current Minister is Nomakhosazana Meth of the ANC, who has served in the role since July 2024.
List of past ministers Labour, 19241935 NamePortraitTermPartyPrime Minister Frederic Creswell 19 June 1924 1925 LP J.B.M. Hertzog Thomas Boydell 1925 14 June 1929 Frederic Creswell 14 June 1929 17 May 1933 Adriaan Fourie 17 May 1933 1935 UP J.B.M. Hertzog
Labour and social welfare, 19351937 NamePortraitTermPartyPrime Minister Adriaan Fourie 1935 1936 UP J.B.M. Hertzog J.F.H. Hofmeyer 1936 1937
Labour, 19371976 NamePortraitTermPartyPrime Minister J.F.H. Hofmeyer 1937 18 May 1938 UP J.B.M. Hertzog Harry Lawrence 18 May 1938 5 September 1939 Walter Madeley 5 September 1939 1945 LP Jan Smuts Jan Smuts C.F. Steyn 1945 26 May 1948 UP B.J. Schoeman 26 May 1948 1954 HNP D.F. Malan Jan de Klerk 1954 8 October 1961 NP Strydom Hendrik Verwoerd A.E. Trollip 8 October 1961 30 March 1966 NP Hendrik Verwoerd Marais Viljoen 30 March 1966 1976 B.J. Vorster NP B.J. Vorster
Manpower utilisation, 19761994 NamePortraitTermPartyPresident S.P. Botha 1976 15 November 1983 NP B.J. Vorster NP P.W. Botha Unknown 15 November 1983 6 September 1989 Gene Louw 6 September 1989 1992 NP F.W. de Klerk Unknown 1992 10 May 1994
Labour, 19942019 NamePortraitTermPartyPresident Tito Mboweni 10 May 1994 14 June 1999 ANC Nelson Mandela Membathisi Mdladlana 14 June 1999 30 October 2010 ANC Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa Mildred Oliphant 1 November 2010 29 May 2019 ANC
Employment and Labour, 2019present NamePortraitTermPartyPresident Thulas Nxesi 30 May 2019 19 June 2024 ANC Cyril Ramaphosa Nomakhosazana Meth 3 July 2024 Present ANC Cyril Ramaphosa
References
External links Department of Labour