The minister of trade, industry and competition is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The portfolio of Trade, Industry and Competition, formed in May 2019, has brought together the former Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Economic Development.
The minister is responsible for the development and implementation of industrial policy in South Africa. The ministry oversees 17 government agencies, providing for industrial funding, competition policy, black economic empowerment policy, consumer protection, trade policy and technical standards.
List of past ministers
Commerce and industry, 1910–1912, 1933–1943 NamePortraitTermPartyPresident Frederick Robert Moor 1910 – 1911 SAP Louis Botha George Leuchars 1911 – 1912 SAP Louis Botha Adriaan Fourie 1933 – 1938 UP/NP J. B. M. Hertzog Oswald Pirow 1938 – 1939 UP J. B. M. Hertzog Richard Stuttaford 1939 – 1941 UP J. B. M. Hertzog Sidney Waterson 1941 – 1943 UP J. B. M. Hertzog
Trade and industry, 1994–2019 NamePortraitTermPartyPresident Trevor Manuel 11 May 1994 - 4 April 1996 ANC Nelson Mandela Alec Erwin 4 April 1996 – 28 April 2004 ANC Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki Mandisi Mpahlwa 29 April 2004 – 10 May 2009 ANC Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe Rob Davies 11 May 2009 – 29 May 2019 ANC Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa
Trade, industry and competition, 2019–present NamePortraitTermPartyPresident Ebrahim Patel 30 May 2019 – 19 June 2024 ANC Cyril Ramaphosa Parks Tau 30 June 2024 –PresentANCCyril Ramaphosa (III)
References
External links Department of Trade and Industry