Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
South Africa Minister of Justice and Correctional Services | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Inaugural holder | J. B. M. Hertzog |
Formation | 31 May 1910 |
Deputy | John Jeffery (since 2013) Patekile Holomisa (since 2019) |
Salary | R2 401 633[1] |
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services is the
As of August 2020[update], the incumbent is Ronald Lamola, who was appointed to the position by President Cyril Ramaphosa in June 2019.[3] His deputies are John Jeffery, who is responsible for the Justice portfolio,[4] and Inkosi Patekile Holomisa, who is responsible for Correctional Services.[5]
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 and ministerial portfolio were established.[6] The Justice portfolio became Justice and Constitutional Development in 1999, at the beginning of the second Mbeki cabinet,[7] 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 Mandela cabinet of 1994 to 1999.[8][9][10][11] In July 2014, at the beginning of the second Zuma cabinet, the portfolios were merged again, creating the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services.[12][13] 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.[6] They report to the same parliamentary body, the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, but separately.
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 | Under | Deputy |
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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 | |
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
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NP | 1948–1959 | Daniel François Malan
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Frans Erasmus | NP | 1959–1961 | Hendrik Verwoerd | |
B. J. Vorster
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NP | 1961–1966 | Hendrik Verwoerd | |
Petrus Cornelius Pelser | NP | 1966–1974 | B. J. Vorster
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Jimmy Kruger | NP | 1974–1979 | B. J. Vorster
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Alwyn Schlebusch | NP | 1979–1980 | P. W. Botha | |
Kobie Coetsee | NP | 1980–1994 | P. W. Botha | |
Dullah Omar | ANC | 10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999 | Nelson Mandela (I) |
Justice and constitutional development (1999–2014)
Minister | Party | Incumbency | Under | Deputy |
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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 |
Justice and correctional services (2014–present)
Minister | Party | Incumbency | Under | Deputies |
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Michael Masutha | ANC | 25 May 2014 – 29 May 2019 | Jacob Zuma (II) | John Jeffery (DoJCD)
Thabang Makwetla (DCS) |
Ronald Lamola | ANC | 30 May 2019 – present | Cyril Ramaphosa (II) | John Jeffery (DoJCD)
Patekile Holomisa (DCS) |
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:
- Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
- Department of Correctional Services
- Office of the Chief Justice
- Public Protector
- National Prosecuting Authority
- Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
- Legal Aid South Africa
- South African Human Rights Commission
- Electoral Commission
- Judicial Service Commission
References
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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).
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- ^ "Justice and Correctional Services - Corrections [ Deputy Ministry of ]". South African Government. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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