Minister of Public Enterprises

South Africa
Minister of Public Enterprises
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  • 10 other official names:
  • Minister van Openbare Ondernemings (Afrikaans)
  • uNgqongqotjhe wezamaBhizinisi womBuso (Southern Ndebele)
  • UMphathiswa lezaMashishini kaRhulumente (Xhosa)
  • uNgqongqothe Wezamabhizinisi Kahulumeni (Zulu)
  • Indvuna Leteluhwebo Lwahulumende (Swazi)
  • Tona ya Dikgwebo tša Setšhaba (Northern Sotho)
  • Letona la Dikgwebo tsa Setjhaba (Sotho)
  • Tona la Ditiro tsa Setšhaba (Tswana)
  • Holobye ya Mabindzu ya Mfumo (Tsonga)
  • Minisiṱa wa Mabindu a Tshitshavha (Venda)
Flag of South Africa
Department of Public Enterprises
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerThe President of South Africa
Inaugural holderStella Sigcau
Formation11 May 1994
Final holderPravin Gordhan
Abolished19 June 2024
DeputyGratitude Magwanishe
WebsiteOfficial website

The Minister of Public Enterprises was a minister in the cabinet of the national government of South Africa. Whomever held the position was the political head of the Department of Public Enterprises.

They were appointed by the President of South Africa. This portfolio was established in 1999, and it oversaw the various state-owned enterprises of South Africa.[1]

Pravin Gordhan[2] was the last appointed Minister of Public Enterprises. He was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, shortly after the 2018 South African Presidential Election.[3] The ministry was disestablished following the 2024 general elections and inauguration of the Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, being folded into the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) during the process of implementing a new shareholder model.

  1. ^ "About". Department of Public Enterprises. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Ministry of Public Enterprises". South African Government. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ "The who's who of Cyril Ramaphosa's new Cabinet". Business Day. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2023.