Minister of Arts and Culture

The minister of arts and culture is a minister of the Cabinet of South Africa who is responsible for overseeing the Department of Arts and Culture. As of 26 May 2014^[update] the incumbent minister is Nathi Mthethwa and his deputy is Maggie Sotyu.

South Africa Minister of Arts and Culture
List 10 other official names: Minister van Kuns en Kultuur (Afrikaans) uNgqongqotjhe wezoBukghwari namaSiko (Southern Ndebele) UMphathiswa lezoBuchule kunyeNkcubeko (Xhosa) Indvuna wezobuCiko namaSiko (Zulu) Indvuna leteBuciko neMasiko (Swazi) Tona ya Botaki le Khaltšharai (Northern Sotho) Letona la Bonono le Setso (Sotho) Tona e e mabapi le Botaki le Setso (Tswana) Holobyeya swa Vuxongi na Mindhavuko (Tsonga) Minisiṱa wa zwa Vhutsila na Mvelele (Venda)
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Incumbent Nathi Mthethwa since 26 May 2014
Department of Arts and Culture
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	Pallo Jordan
Formation	29 April 2004
Deputy	Maggie Sotyu
Salary	R2,211,937[1]
Website	Arts and Culture

Between 1994 and 2004, the minister had an enlarged portfolio as minister of arts, culture, science and technology. The contemporary portfolio was created on 29 April 2004 on the appointment of President Thabo Mbeki's second cabinet, which included an independent minister of science and technology alongside the minister of arts and culture.^[2]

Institutions

Apart from the Department of Arts and Culture, the following institutions also report to the minister:^[3]

• Afrikaanse Taalmuseum
• Artscape
• Freedom Park
• Iziko Museums of Cape Town
• Luthuli Museum
• Market Theatre
• Natal Museum
• National Arts Council
• National English Literary Museum
• National Film and Video Foundation
• National Heritage Council
• National Library of South Africa
• National Museum
• Northern Flagship Institutions
• Nelson Mandela Museum
• Performing Arts Council of the Free State
• Playhouse Company
• Robben Island Museum
• South African Geographical Names Council
• South African Heritage Resources Agency
• South African Library for the Blind
• State Theatre (South Africa)
• Windybrow Centre for the Arts
• Voortrekker/Ncome Museum
• War Museum of the Boer Republics
• William Humphreys Art Gallery

List of past ministers

Education, arts and science, 1949–1989

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	Prime Minister
	J.H. Viljoen		1949	16 April 1958	NP		D.F. Malan (I) (II)
	J.J. Serfontein		16 April 1958	8 October 1961	NP		Hans Strydom (I)
							Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
			8 October 1961	1970	NP		Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
							B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)
			1970	1981	NP		B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
			1981	1989	NP		P.W. Botha (I) (II)

Education and culture, 1989–1994

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	Prime Minister
	Piet Clase		1989	1991	NP		F.W. de Klerk (I)
	Piet Marais		1991	10 May 1994

Arts, culture, science and technology, 1994–2004

Name		Term		Party	President
	Ben Ngubane	11 May 1994	31 August 1996	ANC		Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
	Ben Ngubane	17 June 1999	29 April 2004	ANC		Thabo Mbeki (I)

Arts and culture, 2004–present

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	President
	Pallo Jordan		29 April 2004	22 April 2009	ANC		Thabo Mbeki (II)
							Kgalema Motlanthe (takes office after Mbeki resigns)
	Lulama Xingwana		22 April 2009	30 October 2010	ANC		Jacob Zuma (I) (II) Cyril Ramaphosa (I) (II)
	Paul Mashatile		30 October 2010	7 May 2014
	Nathi Mthethwa		24 May 2014	Incumbent