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Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
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	Incumbent; Thembi Nkadimeng; since 3 July 2024
	Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	President of South Africa
Inaugural holder	J. B. M. Hertzog
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Andries Nel
Salary	R2 401 633

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The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development is the justice minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The minister is the political head of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Office of the Chief Justice. DoJCD in turn is responsible for administrative support to the courts, oversight of the National Prosecuting Authority, the provision of legal services to departments of state, and law reform.

The minister was called the Minister of Justice until 1999, when constitutional matters were added to his portfolio. Between May 2014 and June 2024, the Department of Correctional Services was subsumed under the ministry, which was led by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services. This merger was reversed at the outset of President Cyril Ramaphosa's third cabinet, when a separate Minister of Correctional Services was appointed.

History

In the 20th century, the South African justice minister was called the Minister of Justice. His purview included prisons until late 1990, when President F. W. de Klerk announced extensive prison reforms and established a separate Ministry of Prisons.^[2] Constitutional matters were also a separate portfolio under the Minister of Constitutional Development,^[3]^[4] and then from 1994 under the Minister of Constitutional Development and Provincial Affairs.^[5]^[6] At the outset of the second cabinet of President Thabo Mbeki in June 1999, constitutional development was detached from provincial affairs and subsumed under justice, under the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.^[7]

A further merger took place in May 2014, at the outset of President Jacob Zuma's second cabinet, when correctional services was subsumed under the ministry, creating the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services.^[8]^[9] However, the Department of Correctional Services remained distinct from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development; although they shared a political head or executive authority, they were operationally and legislatively distinct.^[2] They reported to the same parliamentary body, the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, but separately. Each of the two deputy ministers was responsible for one portfolio: John Jeffery was responsible for the justice portfolio,^[10] and Thabang Makwetla and his successor, Patekile Holomisa, were responsible for correctional services.^[11]

Appointing his third cabinet on 30 June 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa reversed the merger effected by Zuma, appointing a Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development alongside a separate Minister of Correctional Services.^[12]

Three prime ministers have been Minister of Justice, including two – Jan Smuts and B. J. Vorster – who held the position directly before being elected prime minister. In 2004, Brigitte Mabandla became the first woman to be appointed to the portfolio.

List of ministers

Justice (1910–1999)


Minister	Party	Incumbency	President	Deputy
J. B. M. Hertzog	SAP	1910–1912	Louis Botha
Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer	SAP	1912–1913	Louis Botha
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet	SAP	1913–1924	Louis Botha Jan Smuts
Tielman Roos	NP	1924–1929	J. B. M. Hertzog
Oswald Pirow	NP	1929–1933	J. B. M. Hertzog
Jan Smuts	SAP/UP	1933–1939	J. B. M. Hertzog
Colin Fraser Steyn	UP	1939–1945	Jan Smuts
Harry Lawrence	UP	1945–1948	Jan Smuts
Charles Robberts Swart	NP	1948–1959	Daniel François Malan J. G. Strijdom Hendrik Verwoerd
Frans Erasmus	NP	1959–1961	Hendrik Verwoerd
B. J. Vorster	NP	1961–1966	Hendrik Verwoerd
Petrus Cornelius Pelser	NP	1966–1974	B. J. Vorster
Jimmy Kruger	NP	1974–1979	B. J. Vorster P. W. Botha
Alwyn Schlebusch	NP	1979–1980	P. W. Botha
Kobie Coetsee	NP	1980–1994	P. W. Botha F. W. de Klerk
Dullah Omar	ANC	10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999	Nelson Mandela (I)	Chris Fismer Gert Myburgh Sheila Camerer

Justice and Constitutional Development (1999–2014)

Minister	Party	Incumbency	President	Deputy
Penuell Maduna	ANC	18 June 1999 – 29 April 2004	Thabo Mbeki (I)	Cheryl Gillwald
Brigitte Mabandla	ANC	29 April 2004 – 24 September 2008	Thabo Mbeki (II)	Johnny de Lange
Enver Surty	ANC	25 September 2008 – 9 May 2009	Kgalema Motlanthe (I)	Johnny de Lange
Jeff Radebe	ANC	10 May 2009 – 24 May 2014	Jacob Zuma (I)	Andries Nel John Jeffery

Justice and Correctional Services (2014–2024)

Minister	Party	Incumbency	President	Deputies
Michael Masutha	ANC	25 May 2014 – 29 May 2019	Jacob Zuma (II) Cyril Ramaphosa (I)	John Jeffery (DoJCD) Thabang Makwetla (DCS)
Ronald Lamola	ANC	30 May 2019 – 19 June 2024	Cyril Ramaphosa (II)	John Jeffery (DoJCD) Patekile Holomisa (DCS)

Justice and Constitutional Development (2024–present)

Minister	Party	Incumbency	President	Deputies
Thembi Nkadimeng	ANC	3 July 2024 – present	Cyril Ramaphosa (III)	Andries Nel

Institutions overseen by the ministry

The following institutions are housed in the justice and correctional services portfolio, although most have a significant degree of operational and statutory independence:

References

^ "Here's how much South Africa's ministers and other top government officials will get paid this year". BusinessTech. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Administration of Justice". Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "Apartheid cabinet supported Witdoek vigilantes". The Mail & Guardian. 11 June 1997. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "Masters of the (late) universe". The Mail & Guardian. 16 April 1999. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "Composition of the Cabinet". Nelson Mandela: The Presidential Years. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "Glance At Mandela's Cabinet With AM-South Africa". AP News. 11 May 1994. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
^ "Profiles of the cabinet ministers". The Mail & Guardian. 17 June 1999. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "President Jacob Zuma announces members of the National Executive, Pretoria". The Presidency. 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^ Wynn, Craig (25 May 2014). "Zuma announces new Cabinet". EWN. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^ "Justice and Correctional Services - Justice [ Deputy Ministry of ]". South African Government. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ "Justice and Correctional Services - Corrections [ Deputy Ministry of ]". South African Government. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ "Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the appointment of members of the national executive". Presidency of South Africa. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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[1] "Here's how much South Africa's ministers and other top government officials will get paid this year". BusinessTech. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[:0-2] "Administration of Justice". Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[3] "Apartheid cabinet supported Witdoek vigilantes". The Mail & Guardian. 11 June 1997. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[4] "Masters of the (late) universe". The Mail & Guardian. 16 April 1999. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[5] "Composition of the Cabinet". Nelson Mandela: The Presidential Years. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[6] "Glance At Mandela's Cabinet With AM-South Africa". AP News. 11 May 1994. Retrieved 17 November 2011.

[7] "Profiles of the cabinet ministers". The Mail & Guardian. 17 June 1999. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[8] "President Jacob Zuma announces members of the National Executive, Pretoria". The Presidency. 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

[9] Wynn, Craig (25 May 2014). "Zuma announces new Cabinet". EWN. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

[10] "Justice and Correctional Services - Justice [ Deputy Ministry of ]". South African Government. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[11] "Justice and Correctional Services - Corrections [ Deputy Ministry of ]". South African Government. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[12] "Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the appointment of members of the national executive". Presidency of South Africa. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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-The '''Minister of Justice and Correctional Services''' is the [[justice minister]] in the [[government of South Africa]]. He is the political head of the [[Department of Justice and Constitutional Development]] (DoJCD), the [[Department of Correctional Services (South Africa)|Department of Correctional Services]] (DCS), and the Office of the [[Chief Justice of South Africa|Chief Justice]].<ref>{{cite press release|date=14 June 2019|title=President Cyril Ramaphosa announces reconfigured departments|publisher=The Presidency|url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-announces-reconfigured-departments-14-jun-2019-0000|access-date=7 August 2020|quote=The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services is responsible for the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), and the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ).}}</ref> DoJCD is responsible for administrative support to the courts, oversight of the [[National Prosecuting Authority]], the provision of legal services to departments of state, and law reform; and DSC is responsible for prisons and community corrections programmes.
+The '''Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development''' is the [[justice minister]] in the [[Cabinet of South Africa]]. The minister is the political head of the [[Department of Justice and Constitutional Development]] and the [[Chief Justice of South Africa|Office of the Chief Justice]]. DoJCD in turn is responsible for administrative support to the courts, oversight of the [[National Prosecuting Authority]], the provision of legal services to departments of state, and law reform.
-{{Asof|August 2020}}, the incumbent is [[Ronald Lamola]], who was appointed to the position by President [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] in June 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/ministers/ministers/justice-and-correctional-services-ministry |title=Justice and Correctional Services [ Ministry of ] |website=South African Government |access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref> His deputies are [[John Jeffery (South African politician)|John Jeffery]], who is responsible for the Justice portfolio,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/ministers/ministers/justice-and-correctional-services-justice |title=Justice and Correctional Services - Justice [ Deputy Ministry of ] |website=South African Government |access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref> and Inkosi [[Patekile Holomisa]], who is responsible for Correctional Services.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/ministers/ministers/justice-and-correctional-services-corrections |title=Justice and Correctional Services - Corrections [ Deputy Ministry of ] |website=South African Government |access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref>
+The minister was called the '''Minister of Justice''' until 1999, when [[Constitution of South Africa|constitutional]] matters were added to his portfolio. Between May 2014 and June 2024, the [[Department of Correctional Services (South Africa)|Department of Correctional Services]] was subsumed under the ministry, which was led by the '''Minister of Justice and Correctional Services'''. This merger was reversed at the outset of President [[Cyril Ramaphosa]]'s [[Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|third cabinet]], when a separate [[Minister of Correctional Services (South Africa)|Minister of Correctional Services]] was appointed.
-== History of the portfolio ==
-Correctional services was a part of the Justice portfolio until 1990, when extensive prison reforms were announced and a separate [[Department of Correctional Services (South Africa)|department]] and [[Minister of Correctional Services (South Africa)|ministerial portfolio]] were established.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Administration of Justice|url=https://www.justice.gov.za/about/sa-yearbook/admin_justice.htm|access-date=2021-11-17|website=Department of Justice and Constitutional Development}}</ref> The Justice portfolio became Justice and Constitutional Development in 1999, at the beginning of the [[Second Cabinet of Thabo Mbeki|second Mbeki cabinet]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=1999-06-17|title=Profiles of the cabinet ministers|url=https://mg.co.za/article/1999-06-17-profiles-of-the-cabinet-ministers/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=The Mail & Guardian|language=en-ZA}}</ref> when constitutional matters were detached from the Ministry of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development – which had itself previously been the Ministry of Constitutional Development, until a reorganisation under the [[Cabinet of Nelson Mandela|Mandela cabinet]] of 1994 to 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Composition of the Cabinet|url=https://tpy.nelsonmandela.org/pages/part-i-democratic-breakthrough/forming-the-government-of-national-unity/3-3-composition-of-the-cabinet|access-date=2021-11-17|website=Nelson Mandela: The Presidential Years|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1994-05-11|title=Glance At Mandela's Cabinet With AM-South Africa|url=https://apnews.com/article/d74ce383d466e8a2f94ef55229ee9292|access-date=2011-11-17|website=AP News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1997-06-11|title=Apartheid cabinet supported Witdoek vigilantes|url=https://mg.co.za/article/1997-06-11-apartheid-cabinet-supported-witdoek-vigilantes/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=The Mail & Guardian|language=en-ZA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1999-04-16|title=Masters of the (late) universe|url=https://mg.co.za/article/1999-04-16-masters-of-the-late-universe/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=The Mail & Guardian|language=en-ZA}}</ref> In July 2014, at the beginning of the [[Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|second Zuma cabinet]], the portfolios were merged again, creating the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 May 2014|title=President Jacob Zuma announces members of the National Executive, Pretoria|url=http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=17453|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215846/http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=17453|archive-date=27 May 2014|access-date=18 July 2014|website=The Presidency}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wynn|first1=Craig|date=25 May 2014|title=Zuma announces new Cabinet|work=EWN|url=http://ewn.co.za/2014/05/25/Zuma-announces-new-Cabinet|url-status=live|access-date=18 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528035409/http://ewn.co.za/2014/05/25/Zuma-announces-new-Cabinet|archive-date=28 May 2014}}</ref> However, the Department of Correctional Services remains distinct from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development; although they share a political head or executive authority, they are operationally and legislatively distinct.<ref name=":0" /> They report to the same parliamentary body, the [[Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services]], but separately.
+== History ==
+In the 20th century, the South African justice minister was called the Minister of Justice. His purview included prisons until late 1990, when President [[F. W. de Klerk]] announced extensive prison reforms and established a separate [[Minister of Prisons (South Africa)|Ministry of Prisons]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Administration of Justice|url=https://www.justice.gov.za/about/sa-yearbook/admin_justice.htm|access-date=2021-11-17|website=Department of Justice and Constitutional Development}}</ref> Constitutional matters were also a separate portfolio under the Minister of Constitutional Development,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-06-11 |title=Apartheid cabinet supported Witdoek vigilantes |url=https://mg.co.za/article/1997-06-11-apartheid-cabinet-supported-witdoek-vigilantes/ |access-date=2021-11-17 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-04-16 |title=Masters of the (late) universe |url=https://mg.co.za/article/1999-04-16-masters-of-the-late-universe/ |access-date=2021-11-17 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}</ref> and then from 1994 under the [[Minister of Constitutional Development and Provincial Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Composition of the Cabinet |url=https://tpy.nelsonmandela.org/pages/part-i-democratic-breakthrough/forming-the-government-of-national-unity/3-3-composition-of-the-cabinet |access-date=2021-11-17 |website=Nelson Mandela: The Presidential Years |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-05-11 |title=Glance At Mandela's Cabinet With AM-South Africa |url=https://apnews.com/article/d74ce383d466e8a2f94ef55229ee9292 |access-date=2011-11-17 |website=AP News}}</ref> At the outset of the [[Second Cabinet of Thabo Mbeki|second cabinet]] of President [[Thabo Mbeki]] in June 1999, constitutional development was detached from provincial affairs and subsumed under justice, under the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-06-17 |title=Profiles of the cabinet ministers |url=https://mg.co.za/article/1999-06-17-profiles-of-the-cabinet-ministers/ |access-date=2021-11-17 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
+A further merger took place in May 2014, at the outset of President [[Jacob Zuma]]'s [[Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma|second cabinet]], when correctional services was subsumed under the ministry, creating the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 May 2014|title=President Jacob Zuma announces members of the National Executive, Pretoria|url=http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=17453|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215846/http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=17453|archive-date=27 May 2014|access-date=18 July 2014|website=The Presidency}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wynn|first1=Craig|date=25 May 2014|title=Zuma announces new Cabinet|work=EWN|url=http://ewn.co.za/2014/05/25/Zuma-announces-new-Cabinet|url-status=live|access-date=18 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528035409/http://ewn.co.za/2014/05/25/Zuma-announces-new-Cabinet|archive-date=28 May 2014}}</ref> However, the [[Department of Correctional Services (South Africa)|Department of Correctional Services]] remained distinct from the [[Department of Justice and Constitutional Development]]; although they shared a political head or executive authority, they were operationally and legislatively distinct.<ref name=":0" /> They reported to the same parliamentary body, the [[Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services]], but separately. Each of the two deputy ministers was responsible for one portfolio: [[John Jeffery (South African politician)|John Jeffery]] was responsible for the justice portfolio,<ref>{{cite web |title=Justice and Correctional Services - Justice [ Deputy Ministry of ] |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/ministers/ministers/justice-and-correctional-services-justice |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=South African Government}}</ref> and [[Thabang Makwetla]] and his successor, [[Patekile Holomisa]], were responsible for correctional services.<ref>{{cite web |title=Justice and Correctional Services - Corrections [ Deputy Ministry of ] |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/ministers/ministers/justice-and-correctional-services-corrections |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=South African Government}}</ref>
+Appointing [[Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|his third cabinet]] on 30 June 2024, President [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] reversed the merger effected by Zuma, appointing a Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development alongside a separate [[Minister of Correctional Services (South Africa)|Minister of Correctional Services]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 2024 |title=Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the appointment of members of the national executive |url=https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/statement-president-cyril-ramaphosa-appointment-members-national-executive |access-date=6 July 2024 |work=Presidency of South Africa}}</ref>
 Three prime ministers have been Minister of Justice, including two – [[Jan Smuts]] and [[John Vorster|B. J. Vorster]] – who held the position directly before being elected prime minister. In 2004, [[Brigitte Mabandla]] became the first woman to be appointed to the portfolio.
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+=== Justice and Correctional Services (2014–2024) ===
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+|}
+=== Justice and Constitutional Development (2024–present) ===
+{| class="wikitable"
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+!Minister
-|[[Pieter Groenewald]]
+!Party
-|[[Freedom Front Plus|VF+]]
+!Incumbency
-|3 July 2024 –
+!President
+!Deputies
+|-
+|Thembi Nkadimeng
+|[[African National Congress|ANC]]
+|3 July 2024 – ''present''
 |[[Cyril Ramaphosa]] <small>([[Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|III]])</small>
+|[[Andries Nel]]
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 * [[Department of Justice and Constitutional Development]]
-* [[Department of Correctional Services (South Africa)|Department of Correctional Services]]
+* [[Chief Justice of South Africa|Office of the Chief Justice]]
-* Office of the [[Chief Justice of South Africa|Chief Justice]]
 * [[Public Protector]]
 * [[National Prosecuting Authority]]
-* Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
 * Legal Aid South Africa
 * [[South African Human Rights Commission]]

v t e Minister of Justice of South Africa
Pre-apartheid (1910–1948)	Hertzog Sauer de Wet Roos Pirow Smuts Steyn Lawrence
Apartheid-era (1948–1994)	Swart Erasmus Vorster Pelser Kruger Schlebusch Coetsee
Post-apartheid (1994–present)	Omar Maduna Mabandla Surty Radebe Masutha Lamola Nkadimeng