title: Minister of Employment and Labour
text: # Minister of Employment and Labour
  
  The Minister of Employment and Labour is a Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa.
  
  ## List of Past Ministers
  
  ### Minister of Labour, 1924-1935
  
  | Name | Term | Term | Party | Prime Minister |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Frederic Creswell | 19 June 1924 | 1925 | LP | J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) |
  | Thomas Boydell | 1925 | 14 June 1929 | LP | J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) |
  | Frederic Creswell | 14 June 1929 | 17 May 1933 | LP | J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II) |
  | Adriaan Fourie | 17 May 1933 | 1935 | UP | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) |
  
  ### Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, 1935-1937
  
  | Name | Name | Portrait | Term | Term | Party | Prime Minister | Prime Minister |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Adriaan Fourie | | 1935 | 1936 | UP | | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) |
  | | J.F.H. Hofmeyer | | 1936 | 1937 | UP | | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) |
  
  ### Minister of Labour, 1937-1976
  
  | Name | Term | Term | Party | Prime Minister |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | J.F.H. Hofmeyer | 1937 | 18 May 1938 | UP | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV) |
  | Harry Lawrence | 18 May 1938 | 5 September 1939 | UP | J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV) |
  | Walter Madeley | 5 September 1939 | 1945 | LP | Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation) |
  | Walter Madeley | 5 September 1939 | 1945 | LP | Jan Smuts (III) |
  | C.F. Steyn | 1945 | 26 May 1948 | UP | Jan Smuts (III) |
  | B.J. Schoeman | 26 May 1948 | 1954 | HNP | D.F. Malan (I) (II) |
  | Jan de Klerk | 1954 | 8 October 1961 | HNP | D.F. Malan (I) (II) |
  | Jan de Klerk | 1954 | 8 October 1961 | NP | Strydom (I) |
  | Jan de Klerk | 1954 | 8 October 1961 | NP | Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death) |
  | A.E. Trollip | 8 October 1961 | 30 March 1966 | NP | Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II) |
  | Marais Viljoen | 30 March 1966 | 1976 | NP | Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II) |
  | Marais Viljoen | 30 March 1966 | 1976 | NP | B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death) |
  | Marais Viljoen | 30 March 1966 | 1976 | NP | B.J. Vorster (I) (II) |
  
  ### Minister of Manpower Utilisation, 1976-1994
  
  | Name | Term | Term | Party | President (since 1984) |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | S.P. Botha | 1976 | 15 November 1983 | NP | B.J. Vorster (II) (III) |
  | S.P. Botha | 1976 | 15 November 1983 | NP | P.W. Botha (I) (II) |
  | Unknown | 15 November 1983 | 6 September 1989 | | P.W. Botha (I) (II) |
  | Gene Louw | 6 September 1989 | 1992 | NP | F.W. de Klerk (I) |
  | Unknown | 1992 | 10 May 1994 | | F.W. de Klerk (I) |
  
  ### Minister of Labour, 1994-2019
  
  | Name | Term | Term | Party | President |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tito Mboweni | 10 May 1994 | 14 June 1999 | ANC | Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity) |
  | Membathisi Mdladlana | 14 June 1999 | 30 October 2010 | ANC | Thabo Mbeki (I) (II) |
  | Membathisi Mdladlana | 14 June 1999 | 30 October 2010 | ANC | Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns) |
  | Membathisi Mdladlana | 14 June 1999 | 30 October 2010 | ANC | Jacob Zuma (I) (II) Cyril Ramaphosa (I) |
  | Mildred Oliphant | 1 November 2010 | 29 May 2019 | ANC | Jacob Zuma (I) (II) Cyril Ramaphosa (I) |
  
  ### Minister of Employment of Labour, 2019-present
  
  | Name | Name | Portrait | Term | Term | Party | President | President |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Thulas Nxesi | | 30 May 2019 | Present | ANC | | Cyril Ramaphosa (II) |
  