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.
History
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
| 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 | |||
| Ngconde Balfour | 2004 | 2009 | ANC | |||
| Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | 2009 | 2012 | ANC | Zuma | ||
| S'bu Ndebele | 2012 | 2014 | ANC | Zuma | ||
| Justice and Correctional Services | Michael Masutha | 2014 | 2019 | ANC | ||
| Ronald Lamola | 2019 | 2024 | ANC | Ramaphosa (II) | ||
| Correctional Services | Pieter Groenewald | 2024 | – | FF+ | Cyril Ramaphosa (III) | |
References
- ^ "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.
External links
- Ministry of Correctional Services
- Department of Correctional Services
- 2005 White Paper on Corrections
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