Minister of Public Enterprises

The minister of public enterprises was a minister in the cabinet of the national government of South Africa. Whomever held the position was the political head of the Department of Public Enterprises.

South Africa Minister of Public Enterprises
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Department of Public Enterprises
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	The president of South Africa
Inaugural holder	Stella Sigcau
Formation	11 May 1994
Final holder	Pravin Gordhan
Abolished	19 June 2024
Deputy	Gratitude Magwanishe
Website	Official website

They were appointed by the president of South Africa. This portfolio was established in 1999, and it oversaw the various state-owned enterprises of South Africa.^[1]

Pravin Gordhan^[2] was the last appointed minister of public enterprises. He was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, shortly after the 2018 South African Presidential Election.^[3] The ministry was disestablished following the 2024 general elections and inauguration of the Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, being folded into the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) during the process of implementing a new shareholder model.

List of ministers

Minister		Term		President	Party	Ref.
	The Hon. Stella Sigcau	1994	1999	Mandela (GNU)	ANC	[4]
	The Hon. Jeff Radebe	1999	2004	Mbeki (I)	ANC	[5]
	The Hon. Alec Erwin	2004	2008	Mbeki (II)	ANC	[6]
	The Hon. Brigitte Mabandla	2008	2009	Motlanthe (I)	ANC	[7]
	The Hon. Barbara Hogan	2009	2010	Zuma (I)	ANC	[8]
	The Hon. Malusi Gigaba	2010	2014		ANC	[9]
	The Hon. Lynne Brown	2014	2018	Zuma (II)	ANC	[10]
	The Hon. Pravin Gordhan	2018	2024	Ramaphosa (I, II)	ANC	[11]