Minister of Transport (South Africa)

The minister of transport is a minister of the Cabinet of South Africa who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Transport.

South Africa Minister of Transport
List 10 other official names: Minister van Vervoer (Afrikaans) uNgqongqotjhe wezokuThutha (Southern Ndebele) UMphathiswa wezoThutho (Xhosa) uNgqongqoshe Wezokuthutha (Zulu) Indvuna Yetekutfutsa (Swazi) Tona ya Dinamelwa (Northern Sotho) Letona la Dipalangwang (Sotho) Tona la Dipalangwa (Tswana) Holobye ya Vutleketli (Tsonga) Minisiṱa wa Vhuendi (Venda)
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Incumbent Barbara Creecy since 30 June 2024
Department of Transport
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder	George Bartlett
Formation	16 August 1989
Deputy	Mkhuleko Hlengwa[1]
Salary	R1,724,897[2]
Website	Department of Transport

List of ministers of transport (since 1989)

Name	Portrait	Term	Party	President
George Bartlett		1989 – 1991	NP	F. W. de Klerk (I)
Piet Welgemoed		1991 – 1994	NP	F. W. de Klerk (I)
Mac Maharaj		11 May 1994 – 1999	ANC	Nelson Mandela (I)
Dullah Omar		1999 – 2004	ANC	Thabo Mbeki (I)
Jeff Radebe		29 April 2004 – 10 May 2009	ANC	Thabo Mbeki (II) Kgalema Motlanthe (I)
S'bu Ndebele		11 May 2009 – 12 June 2012	ANC	Jacob Zuma (I)
Ben Martins		12 June 2012 – 9 July 2013	ANC	Jacob Zuma (I)
Dipuo Peters		10 July 2013 – 30 March 2017	ANC	Jacob Zuma (I)(II)
Joe Maswanganyi		31 March 2017 – 28 February 2018	ANC	Jacob Zuma (II)
Blade Nzimande		28 February 2018 – 29 May 2019	ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa (I)
Fikile Mbalula		30 May 2019 – 6 March 2023	ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa (II)
Sindisiwe Chikunga		7 March 2023 — 30 June 2024	ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa (II)
Barbara Creecy		30 June 2024 — Present	ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa (III)