Siviwe Gwarube

Siviwe Gwarube
Gwarube in 2024
Minister of Basic Education
Assumed office
3 July 2024
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
DeputyReginah Mhaule
Preceded byAngie Motshekga
Chief Whip of the Official Opposition
In office
18 August 2022 – 14 June 2024
DeputyAnnelie Lotriet
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded byNatasha Mazzone
Succeeded bySihle Ngubane (Opposition)
George Michalakis (DA)
Opposition offices
2019–2022
Deputy Chief Whip of the Official Opposition
In office
2 December 2021 – 18 August 2022
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Chief WhipNatasha Mazzone
Preceded byJacques Julius
Succeeded byAnnelie Lotriet
National Spokesperson of the Democratic Alliance
In office
24 November 2020 – 18 August 2022
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded bySolly Malatsi
Refiloe Nt'sekhe
Succeeded bySolly Malatsi
Cilliers Brink
Shadow Minister of Health
In office
5 June 2019 – 24 February 2022
DeputyLindy Wilson
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Mmusi Maimane
Preceded byPatricia Kopane
Succeeded byMichéle Clarke
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Born (1989-07-14) 14 July 1989 (age 35)
King William's Town, Cape Province
South Africa
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Alma materRhodes University

Siviwe Gwarube (born 14 July 1989) is a South African politician who is currently serving as Minister of Basic Education since July 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), she was the Chief Whip of the Official Opposition between August 2022 and June 2024. She joined the National Assembly of South Africa in the May 2019 general election.

Born in the Eastern Cape, Gwarube entered politics in 2012 as a spokesperson for DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko. During the Sixth Parliament, before her appointment as the DA's Chief Whip, she served as Shadow Minister of Health from June 2019 to February 2022, national spokesperson of the DA from November 2020 to August 2022, and Deputy Chief Whip from December 2021 to August 2022.