Mandela's cabinet

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The Mandela cabinet was presented on May 11, 1994 by Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, who had previously been elected President of the Republic of South Africa by the newly composed parliament on May 9, 1994 and sworn in on the following day . Mandela's first vice-president was Thabo Mbeki and his second vice-president was Frederik Willem de Klerk (oath of office on May 10, 1994).

cabinet

The African National Congress (ANC), the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the Nasionale Party (NP) were represented in the Mandela government . It is a "government of national unity" ( government of national unity called). The first cabinet meeting took place on May 23, 1994 in Cape Town . The following persons belonged to the cabinet in 1995:

Business area minister Vice Minister
President of South Africa / President of the Republic of South Africa Nelson Mandela (ANC) see the next two lines
1. Deputy President / First Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki (ANC) -
2. Deputy President / Second Executive Deputy President Frederik Willem de Klerk (NP) -
without business unit / without portfolio ( attached to the President's Office ) Jay Naidoo (ANC)
General Affairs / General Affairs Chris Fismer (NP)
Work / labor Tito Mboweni (ANC)
Education / Education Sibusiso Bengu (ANC) Renier Stephanus Schoeman (NP)
Finance / Finance Chris Liebenberg (independent) Alec Erwin (ANC)
Health / Health Nkosazana Zuma (ANC)
Commerce, Industry and Tourism / Trade, Industry and Tourism Trevor Manuel (ANC)
Internal Affairs / Home Affairs Mangosuthu Buthelezi (IFP) Penuell Maduna (ANC)
International Relations / Foreign Affairs Alfred Nzo (ANC) Aziz Pahad (ANC)
Justice / Justice Dullah Omar (ANC) Gert Myburgh (NP)
Arts, Culture, Science and Technology / Arts, Culture, Science and Technology Ben Ngubane (IFP) Brigitte Mabandla (ANC)
Mainland Affairs / Land Affairs Derek Hanekom (ANC) Anthon Tobias Meyer (NP)
Agriculture / Agriculture Kraai van Nierkerk (NP) Thoko Msane (ANC)
Public Works / Public Works Jeff Radebe (ANC)
Public Companies / Public Enterprises Stella Sigcau (ANC)
Public Service and Administration / Public Service and Administration Zola Skweyiya (ANC)
Police and Secret Service / Safety and Security Sydney Mufamadi (ANC) Joe Matthews (IFP), for Intelligence: Joe Nhlanhla (ANC)
Post, Telecommunications and Broadcasting / Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Pallo Jordan (ANC)
Province Affairs and Constitutional Development / Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development Roelf Meyer (NP) for provincial matters: Valli Moosa (ANC)
Raw material and energy affairs / Minerals and Energy Affairs Botha of Spades (NP)
Sport and Recreation / Sport and Recreation Steve Tshwete (ANC)
Prison / Correctional Services Sipo Mzimela (IFP)
Environmental Affairs / Environment Affairs Dawie de Villiers (NP) Bantu Holomisa (ANC)
Traffic / transport Mac Maharaj (ANC)
Defense / Defense Joe Modise (ANC) Ronnie Kasrils (ANC)
Water and Forestry Affairs / Water Affairs and Forestry Squad Asmal (ANC)
Welfare and Population Development Welfare and Population Development Abe Williams (NP) Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi (ANC)
Housing / Housing Sankie Nkondo (ANC)

Cabinet reshuffles

  • Treasury Secretary Derek Keys (NP) resigned from office in July 1994. It was taken over by Chris Liebenberg, who had previously advised the ANC on economic issues, especially the banking sector, and, as a minister, did not want to be brought into partisan politics.
  • A new ministerial portfolio , called General Affairs , was made available to the National Party (NP) in December 1994 after it no longer provided the Finance Minister. It was occupied in January 1995 by Chris Fismer, a close confidante of Frederik Willem de Klerk and a key figure in the CODESA negotiations on the part of the NP, since according to the intergovernmental agreement "on national unity" the parties in parliament were entitled to a certain number of ministries. Fismer was mainly Deputy Minister in the Justice Department, remained there until March 1996 (see below) and was replaced by Sheila Camerer .
  • Joe Nhlanhla was appointed Deputy Minister for Safety and Security in July 1994. With effect from February 1995 he reported directly to President Mandela. His duties included leading the National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee , whose function was to control the then four existing intelligence agencies in South Africa.
  • The Ministerial Office for Housing was occupied in 1994 by Joe Slovo . After his death on January 6, 1995, Sankie Nkondo took over this task in the same month, previously she had worked in the cabinet as Deputy Minister for Welfare .
  • In March 1996, John Mavuso joined the Mandela Cabinet as Minister for the newly established General Affairs Division .

The withdrawal of the National Party from government in the spring of 1996 necessitated an extensive cabinet reshuffle.

  • Chris Liebenberg resigned as Treasury Secretary on March 28, 1996. His post was taken over by Trevor Manuel, who was previously Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism . His previous function was transferred to Alec Erwin. Gill Marcus was appointed deputy finance minister .
  • After Pallo Jordan in April 1996, the ANC politician Jay Naidoo followed as Minister for Post and Telecommunication , previously employed as Minister without Portfolio with the field of Reconstruction and Development Program . In place of the area Reconstruction and Development Program , the division stepped Growth Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) .
  • The Ministry of Agriculture was merged with the Land department in July 1996 to form the new Ministry of Agriculture and Land Affairs and was taken over by Derek Hanekom.
  • The Ministry of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development took over Valli Moosa in July 1996.
  • The Ministry of Minerals and Energy took over Penuell Maduna in July 1996.
  • The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has been headed by Pallo Jordan since July 1996.
  • The Ministry for Welfare and Population Development took over Patrick McKenzie in March 1996 , but Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi took up his ministerial function in July of the same year.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bill Keller: Mandela Completes His Cabinet, Giving Buthelezi a Post . May 12, 1994 article in the New York Times . at www.nytimes.com , viewed May 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ SAIRR: Race Relations Survey 1994/95 . Johannesburg 1995, p. 341.
  3. ↑ Shelagh Gastrow: Who's Who in South African Politics Number 5 . Johannesburg 1995, p. 41, ISBN 0869754580 .
  4. ↑ Shelagh Gastrow: Who's Who 5 . 1995, pp. XXI-XXII
  5. ^ A b Nelson Mandela Foundation : SA 1994 Post-election Cabinet Overview . at www.nelsonmandela.org, viewed May 8, 2016
  6. ↑ Gastrow: Who's Who , 1995, p 124
  7. ↑ Nelson Mandela Foundation: Fismer, Christiaan Loedolff (Chris) . on www.nelsonmandela.org (English)
  8. ↑ Gastrow: Who's Who , 1995, p 65
  9. ↑ Gastrow: Who's Who , 1995, p 235
  10. ↑ Gastrow: Who's Who , 1995, p 211
  11. ^ Nelson Mandela Foundation: Friends and family mourn the passing of John Mavuso . on www.nelsonmandela.org (English)
  12. ^ A b South African History Online: Mandela reshuffles the cabinet . on www.sahistory.org.za (English)
  13. ↑ Gastrow: Who's Who , 1995, pp. 225-227
  14. ^ A b c d e f South African History Online: 1994 Cabinet . on www.sahistory.org.za (English)