Minister of Home Affairs (South Africa) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids South Africa Minister of Home Affairs
Flag of South Africa
Incumbent Leon Schreiber since 30 June 2024
Department of Home Affairs
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder	Jan Smuts
Formation	31 May 1910
Deputy	Fatima Chohan
Salary	R2,211,937
Website	Department of Home Affairs

The Minister of Home Affairs is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with responsibility for the Department of Home Affairs. This position is currently filled by Leon Schreiber, who was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 30 June 2024. The position includes responsibility for immigration, refugee and asylum policy, for the civil registry, and for the issuing of identity documents and passports.

List of Past Ministers

Minister of the Interior Affairs, 1910–1984

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	Prime Minister
	Jan Smuts		1910	1912	SAP		Louis Botha (I) (II)
	Abraham Fischer		1912	1913
	Jan Smuts		1913	1919
	Thomas Watt		1919	1921
							Jan Smuts (takes office after Botha dies)
					SAP		Jan Smuts (I) (II)
	Patrick Duncan		1921	1924
	D.F. Malan		19 June 1924	17 May 1933	NP		J.B.M. Hertzog (I) (II)
	J.F.H Hofmeyer		17 May 1933	1936	UP		J.B.M. Hertzog (III) (IV)
	Richard Stuttaford		1936	1939
	Harry Lawrence		1939	17 July 1943
							Jan Smuts (takes office after Hertzog resignation)
	C.F. Clarkson		17 July 1943	26 May 1948	UP		Jan Smuts (III)
	T.E. Dönges		26 May 1948	16 April 1958	HNP		D.F. Malan (I) (II)
	Tom Naudé		16 April 1958	8 October 1961	NP		Strydom (I)
							Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
	Jan de Klerk		8 October 1961	30 March 1966	NP		Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
	P.K. le Roux		30 March 1966	10 April 1968
	Lourens Muller		10 April 1968	1970
							B.J. Vorster (takes office after Verwoerd's death)
	Marais Viljoen		1970	1970	NP		B.J. Vorster (I) (II) (III)
	Theo Gerdener		1970	1972
	Connie Mulder		1972	1978
	Alwyn Schlebusch		1978	1980
	Jan Christiaan Heunis		1980	1982
					NP		P.W. Botha (I)
	F.W. de Klerk		1982	1984

Minister of Internal Affairs, 1984–1994

Name		Portrait	Term		Party	President (since 1984)
	F.W. de Klerk		1984	1985	NP		P.W. Botha (I) (II)
	Stoffel Botha		1985	6 September 1989
	Gene Louw		6 September 1989	1992	NP		F.W. de Klerk (I)
	Louis Pienaar		1992	1993
	Danie Schutte		1993	10 May 1994

Minister of Home Affairs, 1994–present

Name	Portrait	Term	Party	President
Mangosuthu Buthelezi		10 May 1994 – 13 July 2004	IFP	Nelson Mandela (Government of National Unity)
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula		13 July 2004 – 21 April 2009	ANC	Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe (after Mbeki resigned from office)
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma		22 April 2009 – 3 October 2012	ANC	Jacob Zuma
Naledi Pandor		4 October 2012 – 6 May 2014	ANC
Malusi Gigaba		7 May 2014 – 30 March 2017	ANC
Hlengiwe Mkhize		30 March 2017 – 17 October 2017	ANC
Ayanda Dlodlo		17 October 2017 – 26 February 2018	ANC
Malusi Gigaba		27 February 2018 - 13 November 2018	ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa
Siyaboga Cwele		13 November 2018 - 29 May 2019	ANC
Aaron Motsoaledi		30 May 2019 – 30 June 2024	ANC
Leon Schreiber		30 June 2024 – Present	DA