Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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*10 other official names:*
*Minister van Justisie en Staatkundige Ontwikkeling* (Afrikaans)
*uNgqongqotjhe wezoBulungiswa nokuThuthukiswa komThethosisekelo* (Southern Ndebele)
*UMphathiswa lezoBulungisa noMgaqosiseko* (Xhosa)
*Indvuna Wezobulungiswa Nokuthuthukiswa Komthethosisekelo* (Zulu)
*Indvuna Letebulungiswa Netekutfutfukiswa Kwemtsetfosisekelo* (Swazi)
*Tona ya Toka le Tlhabollo ya Molaotheo* (Northern Sotho)
*Letona la Toka le Ntshetsopele ya Molao wa Motheo* (Sotho)
*Tona la Bosiamisi le Tlhabololo ya Molaotheo* (Tswana)
*Holobye ya Vululami na Nhluvukiso wa Vumbiwa* (Tsonga)
*Minisiṱa wa Vhulamukanyi na Mveledziso ya Mulayotewa* (Venda)
South Africa ; Minister of Justice and; Correctional Services ; show List
	Flag of South Africa
	Incumbent; Ronald Lamola; since 30 May 2019
	Department of Justice and Constitutional Development; Department of Correctional Services;
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder	J. B. M. Hertzog
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Thabang Makwetla
Salary	R2,211,937
Website	Department of Justice and Correctional Services

The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services is the justice minister in the government of South Africa. He is the political head of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, which is responsible for administrative support to the courts, oversight of the National Prosecuting Authority, the provision of legal services to departments of state, and law reform; and also of the Department of Correctional Services which is responsible for prisons.^[2]

Prior to May 2014, Correctional Services was a separate portfolio. It was merged with Justice in the second Zuma cabinet.^[3]^[4]

As of August 2020 the incumbent is Ronald Lamola, who was appointed to the position by President Cyril Ramaphosa in June 2019.^[5] His deputies are John Jeffery (Justice)^[6] and Inkosi Patekile Holomisa (Correctional Services).^[7]

List[]

This list contains all persons to hold the position of justice minister from the founding of the Union of South Africa to the current time (2021):

Minister	Party	Incumbency	Under
J. B. M. Hertzog	SAP	1910–1912	Prime Minister Louis Botha
Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer	SAP	1912–1913
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet	SAP	1913–1919
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet	SAP	1919–1924	Prime Minister Jan Smuts
Tielman Roos	NP	1924–1929	Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog
Oswald Pirow	NP	1929–1933
Jan Smuts	SAP/UP	1933–1939
Colin Fraser Steyn	UP	1939–1945	Prime Minister Jan Smuts
Harry Lawrence	UP	1945–1948	Prime Minister Jan Smuts
Charles Robberts Swart	NP	1948–1954	Prime Minister Daniel François Malan
		1954–1958	Prime Minister Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
		1958–1959	Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd
Frans Erasmus	NP	1959–1961
B. J. Vorster	NP	1961–1966
	NP	1966–1974	Prime Minister B. J. Vorster
Jimmy Kruger	NP	1974–1978	Prime Minister B. J. Vorster
Jimmy Kruger	NP	1978–1979	Prime Minister P. W. Botha
Alwyn Schlebusch	NP	1979–1980
Kobie Coetsee	NP	1980–1984
		1984–1989	State President P. W. Botha
		1989–1994	State President F. W. de Klerk
Dullah Omar	ANC	1994–1999	President Nelson Mandela
Penuell Maduna	ANC	1999–2004	President Thabo Mbeki
Brigitte Mabandla [1st female]	ANC	29 April 2004 – 25 September 2008	President Thabo Mbeki
Enver Surty	ANC	25 September 2008 – 10 May 2009	President Kgalema Motlanthe
Jeff Radebe	ANC	11 May 2009 – 24 May 2014	President Jacob Zuma
Michael Masutha	ANC	25 May 2014 – 29 May 2019	President Jacob Zuma
Ronald Lamola	ANC	30 May 2019 - present	President Cyril Ramaphosa

^ "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
^ "President Cyril Ramaphosa announces reconfigured departments" (Press release). The Presidency. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020. The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services is responsible for the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), and the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ).
^ "President Jacob Zuma announces members of the National Executive, Pretoria". The Presidency. 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^ Wynn, Craig (25 May 2014). "Zuma announces new Cabinet". EWN. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^ "Justice and Correctional Services [ Ministry of ]". South African Government. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ "Justice and Correctional Services - Justice [ Deputy Ministry of ]". South African Government. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ "Justice and Correctional Services - Corrections [ Deputy Ministry of ]". South African Government. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

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Pre-apartheid (1910–1948)	Hertzog Sauer de Wet Roos Pirow Smuts Steyn Lawrence
Apartheid-era (1948–1994)	Swart Erasmus Vorster Kruger Schlebusch Coetsee
Post-apartheid (1994–present)	Omar Maduna Mabandla Surty Radebe Masutha Lamola

South Africa Minister of Justice and Correctional Services show List 10 other official names: Minister van Justisie en Staatkundige Ontwikkeling (Afrikaans) uNgqongqotjhe wezoBulungiswa nokuThuthukiswa komThethosisekelo (Southern Ndebele) UMphathiswa lezoBulungisa noMgaqosiseko (Xhosa) Indvuna Wezobulungiswa Nokuthuthukiswa Komthethosisekelo (Zulu) Indvuna Letebulungiswa Netekutfutfukiswa Kwemtsetfosisekelo (Swazi) Tona ya Toka le Tlhabollo ya Molaotheo (Northern Sotho) Letona la Toka le Ntshetsopele ya Molao wa Motheo (Sotho) Tona la Bosiamisi le Tlhabololo ya Molaotheo (Tswana) Holobye ya Vululami na Nhluvukiso wa Vumbiwa (Tsonga) Minisiṱa wa Vhulamukanyi na Mveledziso ya Mulayotewa (Venda)
Flag of South Africa
Incumbent Ronald Lamola since 30 May 2019
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Department of Correctional Services
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder	J. B. M. Hertzog
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Thabang Makwetla
Salary	R2,211,937^[1]
Website	Department of Justice and Correctional Services