The Department of Traditional Affairs (DTA) is a

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of the

South African government The Republic of South Africa is a parliamentary republic with three-tier system of government and an independent judiciary, operating in a parliamentary system. Legislative authority is held by the Parliament of South Africa. Executive authority ...

, responsible for overseeing the traditional leadership of South Africa's indigenous communities. Along with the

Department of Cooperative Governance The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG) is a department of the South African government, responsible for the relationship between the national government and the provincial governments and municipalities as well as disaster management. Al ...

, it is within the political responsibility of the

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs is a Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa The Cabinet of South Africa is the most senior level of the executive branch of the Government of South Africa. It is made up of the ...

(CoGTA), who is assisted by a Deputy Minister of Traditional Affairs. the minister is

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (née Dlamini; born 27 January 1949), sometimes referred to by her initials NDZ, is a South African politician, medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. A longstanding member of the African National Cong ...

and her deputies are

Obed Bapela Kopeng Obed Bapela (born 28 February 1958) is a South African politician currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the South African Government in the cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa. Bapela is al ...

and

Thembi Nkadimeng Thembisile Nkadimeng (born 1972 or 1973) is a South African politician for the African National Congress. She is the current Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, in office since March 2023. She had previously served as Dep ...

. In the 2020 budget, R173.4 million was appropriated for the department. In the 2018/19 financial year it had 95 employees.

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* {{SA Government departments Traditional Affairs

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...