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The Minister of Correctional Services (formerly the Minister of Prisons) is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The minister is responsible for overseeing the Department of Correctional Services. The office was re-established in June 2024; between May 2014 and June 2024, the correctional services portfolio was the purview of the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services.

South Africa
Minister of Correctional Services
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Incumbent
Pieter Groenewald
since 2 July 2024
Department of Correctional Services
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerThe President of South Africa
Formation1991
First holderAdriaan Vlok
DeputyLindiwe Ntshalintshali

History

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Before 1990, correctional services were administered by the Minister of Justice; a separate department and ministerial portfolio were established only after extensive prison reforms were announced in 1990, under the cabinet of F.W. de Klerk.[1] Before 1994 the minister was called the Minister of Prisons, and in 1994 he became the Minister of Correctional Services.

Announcing his second cabinet in May 2014, President Jacob Zuma merged the correctional services portfolio with the justice portfolio, creating the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services.[2][3] On 30 June 2024, the merger was reversed when President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a separate Minister of Correctional Services, Pieter Groenewald, in his third cabinet.[4]

List of ministers

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List of ministers responsible for prisons, 1991–present
Portfolio Minister Term Party President
Prisons Adriaan Vlok 1991 1994 NP De Klerk
Correctional Services Sipo Mzimela 1994 1998 IFP Mandela
Ben Skosana 1998 2004 IFP
  • Mbeki
    • Ngconde Balfour 2004 2009 ANC
  • Motlanthe
    • Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula 2009 2012 ANC Zuma
    S'bu Ndebele 2012 2014 ANC Zuma
    Justice and Correctional Services Michael Masutha 2014 2019 ANC
  • Ramaphosa (I)
    • Ronald Lamola 2019 2024 ANC Ramaphosa (II)
    Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald 2024 – FF+ Cyril Ramaphosa (III)

    References

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    1. ^ "Administration of Justice". Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the appointment of members of the national executive". Presidency of South Africa. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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