Enoch Godongwana | |
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.jpg) Godongwana in 2023 | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 5 August 2021 | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Deputy | David Masondo Ashor Sarupen |
| Preceded by | Tito Mboweni |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 28 February 2023 | |
| Constituency | Eastern Cape |
| In office 14 November 2008 – 31 December 2011 | |
| Deputy Minister of Economic Development | |
| In office 31 October 2010 – 16 January 2012 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Minister | Ebrahim Patel |
| Preceded by | Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde |
| Succeeded by | Hlengiwe Mkhize |
| Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises | |
| In office 10 May 2009 – 31 October 2010 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Minister | Barbara Hogan |
| Succeeded by | Ben Martins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 June 1957 Cala, Cape Province Union of South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse | Thandiwe Godongwana |
| Alma mater | University of London |
Enoch Godongwana (born 9 June 1957) is a South African politician and former trade unionist who is currently serving as the Minister of Finance since August 2021. He is a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
Born in the Eastern Cape, Godongwana rose to political prominence as the general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers between 1993 and 1997. After that, from 1997 to 2004, he served in the Executive Council of the Eastern Cape as Member of the Executive Council for Finance. He was first elected to the ANC National Executive Committee in December 1997, and he was the Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the ANC's Eastern Cape branch from 2003 to 2006 under Chairperson Makhenkesi Stofile. Premier Nosimo Balindlela sacked him from the Executive Council under controversial circumstances in September 2004.
Between May 2009 and January 2012, Godongwana was a deputy minister under the first cabinet of President Jacob Zuma. He was Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises from 2009 to 2010 and Deputy Minister of Economic Development from 2010 to 2012. He resigned from the latter position in January 2012 after a scandal involving one of his business interests, an investment company called Canyon Springs. However, he remained a prominent figure as long-serving chairperson of the ANC National Executive Committee's subcommittee on economic transformation, and he was chairperson of the Development Bank of Southern Africa from 2019 to 2021. He was appointed to the cabinet of President Cyril Ramaphosa on 5 August 2021.