The minister of education was a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa responsible for overseeing the Department of Education, including South Africa's schools and universities.
On 10 May 2009 newly elected president Jacob Zuma split the education portfolio into that of the minister of basic education and that of the minister of higher education and training.
Ministers with responsibility for education
MinisterMinistryIncumbencyUnderFrançois Stephanus MalanEducation1910–1921Louis Botha→Jan Smuts (1919-'21) Sir Patrick DuncanInterior, education and public health1921–1924J. B. M. HertzogDaniel François MalanInterior, education and public health1924–1933J. B. M. HertzogJan Hendrik HofmeyrFinance and education1933–1948Jan SmutsEducation1948–1949D.F. MalanCharles Roberts SwartEducation1949–1950D.F. MalanJohannes Hendrikus ViljoenEducation, arts and science1950–1957D.F. MalanEducation, arts and science1958–1961Hans StrydomJohannes de KlerkEducation, arts and science1961–1966Hendrik VerwoerdJohannes de KlerkEducation, arts and sciences and information1966–1967John VorsterJohannes de KlerkNational education 1968–1969John VorsterEducation and trainingFerdinand HartzenbergEducation and training1979–1982PW BothaGerrit ViljoenNational education1980–1989PW BothaF. W. de KlerkNational education and planning1984–1989PW BothaEducation and culture1985–1989PW BothaGene LouwEducation1989–1990FW De KlerkLouis PienaarEducation1990–1992FW De KlerkPiet MaraisEducation1992–1994FW De Klerk
Post-apartheid period MinisterMinistryIncumbencyUnderSibusiso BenguEducation1994–1999Nelson MandelaKader Asmal1999–2004Thabo MbekiNaledi Pandor2004–20082008–2009Kgalema MotlantheAngie MotshekgaBasic education2009–2024Jacob ZumaBlade NzimandeHigher education and training2009–2024
See also Department of Education (South Africa)
References
External links Ministry of Education Department of Education