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The minister of higher education is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with responsibility for higher education in South Africa. The post was created as the minister of higher education and training in May 2009. It was called the minister of higher education, science and technology between May 2019 and June 2024.
Nobuhle Pamela Nkabane MP (born 1 August 1979) currently serves as the Minister of Higher Education in the cabinet of South Africa, having been sworn in on 3 July 2024. [1] She previously served as the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy from 2021 until 2024.
It oversees universities and other post-secondary education in South Africa. It was created in 2009 after the election of President Jacob Zuma, when the former Department of Education was divided. The political head of the department is the Minister of Higher Education and Training; as of February 2018 this is Naledi Pandor.
A cabinet minister since 2009, Nzimande was the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party from 1998 to 2022. [1] [2] Nzimande formerly served as the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology from 2019 to 2024, as Minister of Transport from 2018 to 2019, and as Minister of Higher Education and Training from 2009 to 2017. [3]
For the next forty-six years, South Africa would be governed by the National Party. On 31 May 1961, South Africa became a republic and Queen Elizabeth II was replaced as head of state with a state president with largely ceremonial powers. [37] The Prime Minister was still head of government and appointed/dismissed members of the cabinet.
Pages in category "Ministers of education of South Africa" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Public Education, and the head of such an agency may be a minister of education or secretary of education.
After the 2019 general election, the Ministry of Higher Education and Training was split. Pandor was speculated to be appointed Deputy President of South Africa. [40] She was Ramaphosa's original choice for Deputy President back in 2017 at the ANC's elective conference. [41]