The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition 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 President, the Deputy President, and the Ministers. Overview The President appoints the Deputy President and m ...

. The portfolio of Trade, Industry and Competition, formed in May 2019, has brought together the former Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Economic Development. The Minister is responsible for the development and implementation of

industrial policy An industrial policy (IP) or industrial strategy of a country is its official strategic effort to encourage the development and growth of all or part of the economy, often focused on all or part of the manufacturing sector. The government takes m ...

in South Africa. The ministry oversees 17 government agencies, providing for industrial funding,

competition policy Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. Competition law is implemented through public and private enforcement. It is also known as antitrust ...

black economic empowerment Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is a policy of the South African government which aims to facilitate broader participation in the economy by black people. A form of affirmative action, it is intended especially to redress the inequalities creat ...

policy, consumer protection, trade policy and technical standards.

List of Past Ministers

Minister of Commerce and Industry, 1910–1912, 1933–1943

Minister of Trade and Industry, 1994–2019

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, 2019 - Present

References

External links

Department of Trade and Industry
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