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Second Cabinet of Thabo Mbeki

Second Mbeki Cabinet

3rd Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa
(since the 1994 elections)
2004–2008
President Mbeki in 2008
Date formed29 April 2004 (2004-04-29)
Date dissolved24 September 2008 (2008-09-24)
(4 years, 4 months and 26 days)
People and organisations
PresidentThabo Mbeki
Deputy PresidentJacob Zuma (until 2005)
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (from 2005)
No. of ministers28 ministers
Member partyAfrican National Congress
New National Party
Azanian People's Organisation
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyDemocratic Alliance
Opposition leader
History
Election2004 election
Legislature termThird Parliament
PredecessorMbeki I
SuccessorMotlanthe

The second cabinet of Thabo Mbeki was the cabinet of the government of South Africa from 29 April 2004 until 24 September 2008. It was in office for the duration of Mbeki's second term in the South African Presidency, which lasted between the 2004 general election and Mbeki's resignation from office on 24 September 2008.

The cabinet comprised 28 ministers and was reshuffled twice, once in June 2005 and once in May 2006. In addition to members of Mbeki's African National Congress, it included one minister apiece from the New National Party and Azanian People's Organisation.

Cabinet

After the April 2004 general election, Thabo Mbeki was elected to his second and final term as President of South Africa. On 28 April 2004, he announced his new cabinet.[1] Although his political party, the African National Congress (ANC), had won a supermajority in the election, he invited two opposition parties – the New National Party (NNP) and the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) – to fill a cabinet post apiece.[2][3] The Inkatha Freedom Party was not represented.[4]

About half of the appointments were unchanged from Mbeki's outgoing first-term cabinet, and only six new ministers were appointed.[1] The only major organisational change was Mbeki's decision to sever the Ministry of Arts and Culture from the Ministry of Science and Technology; until then they had been unified as the Ministry of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. The 28-member cabinet included 12 women, an increase from Mbeki's first term.[1]

At the same time as he announced his cabinet, Mbeki announced the names of 21 deputy ministers to serve below the cabinet – a larger number than appointed in his first term.[5] The deputy ministers included a representative of the opposition United Democratic Movement.[6]

Reshuffles

The most dramatic change in the cabinet's composition occurred on 14 June 2005, when Mbeki announced his decision to remove Jacob Zuma from the Deputy Presidency.[7] The sacking was the result of developments in ongoing corruption allegations against Zuma.[8] Mbeki appointed Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to succeed Zuma as the Deputy President, and in turn appointed Lindiwe Hendricks to succeed Mlambo-Ngcuka as Minister of Minerals and Energy.[9]

The Minister of Public Works, Stella Sigcau, died less than a year later. In the aftermath of her death, on 22 May 2006, Mbeki announced his most extensive cabinet reshuffle, which resulted in the appointment to cabinet of Lulu Xingwana; it also affected three other ministers.[10][11]

List of ministers

Post Minister Term Party
President of South Africa His Excellency Thabo Mbeki 2004 2008 ANC
Deputy President of South Africa Her Excellency Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka 2005 2008 ANC
His Excellency Jacob Zuma 2004 2005 ANC
Minister in the Presidency The Hon. Essop Pahad 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs The Hon. Lulu Xingwana 2006 2008 ANC
The Hon. Thoko Didiza 2004 2006 ANC
Minister of Arts and Culture The Hon. Pallo Jordan 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Communications The Hon. Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Correctional Services The Hon. Ngconde Balfour 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Defence The Hon. Mosiuoa Lekota 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Education The Hon. Naledi Pandor 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism The Hon. Marthinus van Schalkwyk 2004 2008 NNP
Minister of Finance The Hon. Trevor Manuel 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Foreign Affairs The Hon. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Health The Hon. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Home Affairs The Hon. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Housing The Hon. Lindiwe Sisulu 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Intelligence The Hon. Ronnie Kasrils 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development The Hon. Brigitte Mabandla 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Labour The Hon. Shepherd Mdladlana 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Minerals and Energy The Hon. Buyi Sonjica 2006 2008 ANC
The Hon. Lindiwe Hendricks 2005 2006 ANC
The Hon. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka 2004 2005 ANC
Minister of Provincial and Local Government The Hon. Sydney Mufamadi 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Public Enterprises The Hon. Alec Erwin 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Public Service and Administration The Hon. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Public Works The Hon. Thoko Didiza 2006 2008 ANC
The Hon. Stella Sigcau 2004 2006 ANC
Minister of Safety and Security The Hon. Charles Nqakula 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Science and Technology The Hon. Mosibudi Mangena 2004 2008 AZAPO
Minister of Social Development The Hon. Zola Skweyiya 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Sport and Recreation The Hon. Arnold Stofile 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Trade and Industry The Hon. Mandisi Mpahlwa 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Transport The Hon. Jeff Radebe 2004 2008 ANC
Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry The Hon. Lindiwe Hendricks 2006 2008 ANC
The Hon. Buyi Sonjica 2004 2006 ANC

References

  1. ^ a b c "S. African President Names New Cabinet". Voice of America. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Meet Mbeki's 'delivery' team". IOL. 29 April 2004. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Mbeki's cabinet list". News24. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Mbeki reaches out with new cabinet". Al Jazeera. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Second in command". The Mail & Guardian. 30 April 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Mbeki welcomes two new deputy ministers". The Mail & Guardian. 10 May 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Deputy president sacked". The Mail & Guardian. 14 June 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  8. ^ Vasagar, Jeevan (14 June 2005). "Mbeki fires deputy in corruption scandal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Statement on Cabinet meeting of 22 June 2005". Government Communication and Information System (GCIS). 22 June 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  10. ^ "T Mbeki announces cabinet appointments". South African Government. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Mbeki reshuffles Cabinet following Sigcau's death". The Mail & Guardian. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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