Kgalema Motlanthe Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe (; born 19 July 1949) is a South African politician who was South Africa's third president of South Africa, president between 25 September 2008 and 9 May 2009, following Thabo Mbeki's resignation. Thereafter, he was depu ...

took oath as

President of South Africa The president of South Africa is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of South Africa. The president heads the executive branch of the Government of South Africa and is the commander-in-chief of the South African Nationa ...

on 25 September 2008. Following is the list of his

cabinet minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, � ...

Cabinet

Deputy Ministers

* Foreign Affairs:

Aziz Pahad Dr. Aziz Pahad (born 25 December 1940) is a South African politician, who served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2008, he currently serves as an MP for Johannesburg West Highlands. He is the brother of Essop Pahad. Education A ...

* Foreign Affairs: Susan van der Merwe * Defence: Fezile Bhengu * Home Affairs:

Malusi Gigaba Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba (born 30 August 1971) is a South African politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa from 27 February 2018 until his resignation on 1 ...

* Agriculture and Land Affairs:

Dirk du Toit Dirk Cornelis du Toit (19 September 1943 — 1 June 2009) was the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs (South Africa), Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs of the Republic of South Africa from 1999 to 2009. Du Toit became a Supr ...

* Arts and Culture: Ntombazana Botha * Communications: Radhakrishna Padayachie * Correctional Services: Loretta Jacobus * Environmental Affairs and Tourism: Rejoice Mabudafhasi * Health:

Molefi Sefularo Molefi Sefularo (9 July 1957 – 5 April 2010) was the Deputy Minister of Health of South Africa from 25 September 2008 until his death. The position of Deputy Minister of Health had been vacant since Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge was dismissed fr ...

* Justice and Constitutional Development: Johnny de Lange * Provincial and Local Government: Nomatyala Hangana * Public Works:

Ntopile Kganyago Ntopile Marcel Kganyago (died 17 July 2013) was a South African politician who was a member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2004. He was a member of the United Democratic Movement The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is a cent ...

* Safety and Security:

Susan Shabangu Susan Shabangu (28 February 1956) is a South African politician who has been a member of parliament representing the African National Congress since May 1994. She previously held the position of Minister of Social Development. Prior to that, sh ...

* Science and Technology:

Derek Hanekom Derek Andre Hanekom (born 13 January 1953) is a South African politician, activist and former cabinet minister. He is currently serving as a presidential envoy for South Africa mandated to promote investment with a focus on tourism. He was pre ...

* Social Development: Jean Swanson-Jacobs * Sport and Recreation: Gert Oosthuizen * Trade and Industry: Rob Davies * Trade and Industry: Elizabeth Thabethe

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