Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

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.

South Africa
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
List
  • 10 other official names:
  • Minister van Handel en Nywerheid (Afrikaans)
  • uNgqongqotjhe wezeRhwebo namaBubulo (Southern Ndebele)
  • UMphathiswa lezoRhwebo noShishino (Xhosa)
  • Indvuna Wezohwebo Nezimboni (Zulu)
  • Indvuna Letekuhwebelana Netetimboni (Swazi)
  • Tona ya Bogwebi le Bohlagiši (Northern Sotho)
  • Letona la Kgwebisano le Indasteri (Sotho)
  • Tona la Kgwebisano le Madirelo (Tswana)
  • Holobye wa Mbambadzo na Nḓowetshumo (Tsonga)
  • Minisiṱa ya Mabindzu na Vumaki (Venda)
Incumbent
Parks Tau
since 30 June 2024
Department of Trade, Industry and Competition
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holderFrederick Robert Moor
Formation31 May 1910
DeputyAndrew Whitfield and Zuko Godlimpi [1]
Website[www.thedtic.gov.za]

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

edit

Minister of Commerce and Industry, 1910–1912, 1933–1943

edit
Name Portrait Term Party President
Frederick Robert Moor 1910 – 1911 SAP Louis Botha
(I)
George Leuchars 1911 – 1912 SAP Louis Botha
(I)
Adriaan Fourie 1933 – 1938 UP/NP J. B. M. Hertzog
(III)
Oswald Pirow   1938 – 1939 UP J. B. M. Hertzog
(IV)
Richard Stuttaford   1939 – 1941 UP J. B. M. Hertzog
(IV)
Sidney Waterson   1941 – 1943 UP J. B. M. Hertzog
(IV)

Minister of Trade and Industry, 1994–2019

edit
Name Portrait Term Party President
Trevor Manuel   11 May 1994 - 4 April 1996 ANC Nelson Mandela
(I)
Alec Erwin 4 April 1996 – 28 April 2004 ANC Nelson Mandela
(I)
Thabo Mbeki
(I)
Mandisi Mpahlwa   29 April 2004 – 10 May 2009 ANC Thabo Mbeki
(II)
Kgalema Motlanthe
(I)
Rob Davies   11 May 2009 – 29 May 2019 ANC Jacob Zuma
(I)(II)
Cyril Ramaphosa
(I)

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, 2019 - Present

edit
Name Portrait Term Party President
Ebrahim Patel   30 May 2019 – 19 June 2024 ANC Cyril Ramaphosa
(II)
Parks Tau   30 June 2024 –Present ANC Cyril Ramaphosa (III)

References

edit
  1. ^ "Cyril Ramaphosa announces new cabinet, John Steenhuisen is Minister of Agriculture". IOL. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
edit