# Minister of Basic Education > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Minister_of_Basic_Education > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Minister_of_Basic_Education.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Basic_Education > Source revision: 1336750915 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use South African English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox Political post | post = South Africa
Minister | body = Basic Education | flag = Flag of South Africa.svg{{!}}border | flagsize = 110px | flagcaption = [Flag of South Africa](/source/Flag_of_South_Africa) | insignia = | insigniasize = 100px | insigniacaption = [Coat of Arms](/source/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Africa) | department = [Department of Basic Education](/source/Department_of_Basic_Education) | image = Siviwe Gwarube 2024.jpg | alt = | incumbent = [Siviwe Gwarube](/source/Siviwe_Gwarube) | incumbentsince = 3 July 2024 | style = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable) | residence = | appointer = [President of South Africa](/source/President_of_South_Africa) | termlength = | inaugural = [Angie Motshekga](/source/Angie_Motshekga) | formation = 11 May 2009 | last = | end = | succession = | deputy = [Reginah Mhaule](/source/Reginah_Mhaule) | salary = [R](/source/South_African_rand)2,211,937"[http://www.gov.za/sites/www.gov.za/files/38470_proc3.pdf Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129112001/http://www.gov.za/sites/www.gov.za/files/38470_proc3.pdf |date=29 January 2016 }}", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015. | website = [http://www.education.gov.za/ Department of Basic Education] }} The '''Minister of Basic Education''' is the [minister](/source/Minister_(government)) in the [Cabinet of South Africa](/source/Cabinet_of_South_Africa) who has political responsibility for the [Department of Basic Education](/source/Department_of_Basic_Education). The portfolio includes both [primary](/source/primary_education) and [secondary education](/source/secondary_education). The Ministry is currently led by [Democratic Alliance](/source/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)) member [Siviwe Gwarube](/source/Siviwe_Gwarube), who has held the position since 2024. The role complements the [Minister of Higher Education](/source/Minister_of_Higher_Education_(South_Africa)), who is responsible for [tertiary education](/source/tertiary_education) in the country, and thus leads the [Department of Higher Education and Training](/source/Department_of_Higher_Education_and_Training). Formerly, basic education was the responsibility of the [Minister of Education](/source/Minister_of_Education_(South_Africa)). When announcing [his first cabinet](/source/First_Cabinet_of_Jacob_Zuma) on 10 May 2009, former [South African President](/source/South_African_President) [Jacob Zuma](/source/Jacob_Zuma) bifurcated that ministry, creating the Minister of Basic Education and separate [Minister of Higher Education and Training](/source/Minister_of_Higher_Education_and_Training_(South_Africa)) positions.{{Cite web |date=2009-05-10 |title=Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet |url=http://www.info.gov.za/events/2009/new_cabinet.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513025048/http://www.info.gov.za/events/2009/new_cabinet.htm |archivedate=13 May 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-10 |publisher=South African Government Information}} [African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress) member [Angie Motshekga](/source/Angie_Motshekga) was appointed as the inaugural Minister of Basic Education, a position she retained for the next 15 years, until 2024.{{Cite web |last=Govender |first=Prega |date=11 July 2024 |title=Angie Motshekga's complex tenure as education minister |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/fridaybriefing/in-depth-angie-motshekgas-complex-tenure-as-education-minister-20240711 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} After the formation of the multiparty coalition Government of National Unity, on 30 June 2024, [Democratic Alliance](/source/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)) Minister [Siviwe Gwarube](/source/Siviwe_Gwarube) was appointed as Minister of Basic Education - the first time a different political party had run the Ministry in post-democratic South Africa.{{Cite web |title=Minister of Basic Education |url=https://www.education.gov.za/AboutUs/AboutDBE/MinisterofBasicEducation.aspx |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=www.education.gov.za}} She was sworn into office on 3 July 2024.{{Cite web |last=Ludidi |first=Velani |date=2024-07-03 |title=Historic day for SA as GNU ministers sworn into officeHistoric day for SA as government of national unity ministers take oath of office |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-07-03-historic-day-for-sa-as-government-of-national-unity-ministers-take-oath-of-office/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} ==List of ministers== {| class="wikitable" |+List of ministers responsible for basic education, 1994–present !Ministry !Minister !Portrait ! colspan="2" |Term ! colspan="2" |Party !President |- |[Education](/source/Minister_of_Education_(South_Africa)) |'''[Sibusiso Bengu](/source/Sibusiso_Bengu)''' |75px |1994 |1999 |[ANC](/source/ANC) |{{party color cell|African National Congress}} |[Mandela](/source/Nelson_Mandela) |- |[Education](/source/Minister_of_Education_(South_Africa)) |'''[Kader Asmal](/source/Kader_Asmal)''' |75px |1999 |2004 |[ANC](/source/ANC) |{{party color cell|African National Congress}} |[Mbeki](/source/Thabo_Mbeki) |- |[Education](/source/Minister_of_Education_(South_Africa)) |'''[Naledi Pandor](/source/Naledi_Pandor)''' |75px |2004 |2009 |[ANC](/source/ANC) |{{party color cell|African National Congress}} |{{flatlist| *[Mbeki](/source/Thabo_Mbeki) *[Motlanthe](/source/Kgalema_Motlanthe)}} |- |Basic Education |'''[Angie Motshekga](/source/Angie_Motshekga)''' |75px |2009 |2024 |[ANC](/source/ANC) |{{party color cell|African National Congress}} |{{flatlist| *[Zuma](/source/Jacob_Zuma) *[Ramaphosa](/source/Cyril_Ramaphosa)}} |- |Basic Education |'''[Siviwe Gwarube](/source/Siviwe_Gwarube)''' |75px |2024 |– |[DA](/source/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)) |{{party color cell|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}} |[Ramaphosa](/source/Cyril_Ramaphosa) |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110104083624/http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/contacts/min/basic_educ.htm Ministry of Education] *[http://www.education.gov.za/ Department of Basic Education] {{SACabinet}} Category:Ministers of education of South Africa Category:Lists of political office-holders in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-gov-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Minister of Basic Education](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Basic_Education) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Basic_Education?action=history)). 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