Ronald Lamola

Ronald Lamola
Lamola in 2024
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
Assumed office
3 July 2024
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
DeputyAlvin Botes
Thandi Moraka
Preceded byNaledi Pandor
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
In office
30 May 2019 – 30 June 2024
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
DeputyJohn Jeffery
Inkosi Phathekile Holomisa
Preceded byMichael Masutha
Succeeded byThembi Nkadimeng
(Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development)
Pieter Groenewald
(Minister of Correctional Services)
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Deputy President of the African National Congress Youth League
In office
June 2011 – April 2012
PresidentJulius Malema
Preceded byAndile Lungisa
Succeeded byDesmond Moela
Personal details
Born
Ronald Ozzy Lamola

(1983-11-21) 21 November 1983 (age 40)
Bushbuckridge, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Spouse
Bawinile “Winnie” Msiza
(m. 2013)
EducationMchacka High School.[1]
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • legislator
  • businessman
  • youth activist

Ronald Ozzy Lamola (born 21 November 1983) is a South African lawyer and politician who is the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 22 May 2019 as a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was Minister of Justice and Correctional Services from May 2019 to June 2024. He is a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee and National Working Committee. Lamola had previously been involved in the African National Congress Youth League.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Ronald Lamola, 35: South Africa's youngest cabinet minister under Ramaphosa". Povo News. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  2. ^ Madia, Tshidi. Order! Meet SA's new Justice Minister Ronald Lamola, News24, 30 May 2019. Retrieved on 12 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Justice minister Ronald Lamola visits Johannesburg court after gang bust-up". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Ronald Lamola: Meet South Africa's new Justice Minister". The South African. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.