Following his election 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 Nat ...

in the 2009 general election,

Jacob Zuma Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (; born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan name Msholozi, and was a former anti-aparth ...

announced his first

cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filin ...

on 10 May 2009. There were a total of 34 ministerial portfolios in the cabinet. On 31 October 2010, President Zuma announced a reshuffle in which two ministers were reassigned, seven were replaced, and seventeen new deputy ministers were appointed. On 24 October 2011, two ministers were removed, two were reassigned to new portfolios, two deputy ministers were promoted to ministers, two deputy ministers were reassigned, and two new deputy ministers were appointed. On 9 July 2013, President

fired Minister of Communications

Dina Pule Dina Pule is a South African politician who was Minister of Communications under President Jacob Zuma from October 2011 to July 2013. She was fired during a parliamentary inquiry into allegations that she had contravened the parliamentary cod ...

because of irregular spending activities. She was replaced by

Yunus Carrim Yunus Carrim is a South African politician who served as the Minister of Communications from 2013–2014. Carrim is a self-proclaimed Marxist and serves on the South African Communist Party Central Committee and is a Politburo member. Current ...

, the former Deputy

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 ...

. Zuma also relieved Minister of Human Settlements

Tokyo Sexwale Mosima Gabriel "Tokyo" Sexwale (; born 5 March 1953) is a South African businessman, politician, anti-apartheid activist, and former political prisoner. Sexwale was imprisoned on Robben Island for his anti-apartheid activities, alongside figure ...

, replacing him with

Connie September Cornelia "Connie" September (born 26 June 1959, Cape Town) is a retired 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 ...

. The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Richard Baloyi Masenyani Richard Baloyi was the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs under South African President Jacob Zuma, from 2009 to 2014. Before, he was Minister of Public Service and Administration in Kgalema Motlanthe's cabine ...

was replaced by

Lechesa Tsenoli Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli is a South African politician who currently serves as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa. See also *African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights *Constitution of South Africa *History of the A ...

Dipuo Peters Elizabeth Dipuo Peters (born 13 May 1960 in Kimberley, Northern Cape) was the Minister of Transport of the Republic of South Africa from 10 July 2013 until 30 March 2017, in the Zuma administration, and former Minister of Energy from 2009 to 201 ...

Minister of Energy An energy minister is a position in many governments responsible for energy production and regulation, developing governmental energy policy, scientific research, and natural resources conservation. In some countries, environmental responsibilitie ...

and

Ben Martins Dikobe Ben Martins (born 2 September 1956, Alexandra township, Gauteng), is a former Minister of Energy and has held other posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He has served in Parliament since 1994 and has been a Central Committee Member of t ...

Minister of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...

swapped portfolios. A number of Deputy Ministers were also re-appointed to different ministries, including

Andries Nel Andries Carl Nel is the Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Republic of South Africa. He was the Deputy Minister for Constitutional Development from May 2009 until 9 July 2013 and has been a member of Parlia ...

, John Jeffery,

Pamela Tshwete Pamela Tshwete (born 3 October 1961) is a politician, member of the African National Congress and current the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation in South Africa. She is a widow of Steve Tshwete. She was first elected in 2002. See also *Afri ...

and

Michael Masutha Tshililo Michael Masutha is a South African advocate and retired politician. He was born in Valdezia in 1965 in Northern Transvaal, what is now Limpopo province, in South Africa. He is the former Minister of Justice and Correctional Services. Bef ...

. Apart from

Pieter Mulder Pieter Willem Adriaan Mulder (born 26 July 1951) is a South African politician and the former leader of the Freedom Front Plus. He served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Cabinet of President Jacob Zuma from ...

of the

Freedom Front Plus The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus; af, Vryheidsfront Plus, ''VF Plus'') is a right-wing political party in South Africa that was formed (as the Freedom Front) in 1994. It is led by Pieter Groenewald. Its current stated policy positions include a ...

, all ministers are members of the governing

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...

or its

alliance An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

partner the

South African Communist Party The South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa. It was founded in 1921 as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), tactically dissolved itself in 1950 in the face of being declared illegal by the governing N ...

Ministers

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