Sindisiwe Chikunga

Sindisiwe Chikunga
Chikunga in 2013
Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Assumed office
3 July 2024[1]
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byNkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Minister of Transport
In office
7 March 2023 – 30 June 2024
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
DeputyLisa Mangcu
Preceded byFikile Mbalula
Succeeded byBarbara Creecy
Deputy Minister of Transport
In office
5 August 2021 – 6 March 2023
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byDikeledi Magadzi
Succeeded byLisa Mangcu
In office
12 June 2012 – 29 May 2019
PresidentJacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byJeremy Cronin
Succeeded byDikeledi Magadzi
Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration
In office
30 May 2019 – 5 August 2021
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byChana Pilane-Majake
Succeeded byChana Pilane-Majake
Personal details
Born (1958-11-09) 9 November 1958 (age 66)
Muden, Natal Province, Union of South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Children2 (1 deceased)
Alma materUniversity of South Africa
University of Pretoria

Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga (born 9 November 1958) is a South African politician who is serving as the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities since 2024. A member of the African National Congress, she has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2004. Chikunga had previously served as Deputy Minister of Transport twice, from 2012 to 2019 and again from 2021 to 2023, as Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2019 until 2021, and as Minister of Transport from 2023 to 2024. She is a midwife by profession.

  1. ^ "Historic day for SA as government of national unity ministers take oath of office". Daily Maverick. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.