Minister of Arts and Culture

South Africa
Minister of Arts and Culture
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
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Jacob Zuma
Inaugural holder	Pallo Jordan
Formation	29 April 2004
Deputy	Maggie Sotyu
Salary	R2,211,937
Website	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. The portfolio was created on 29 April 2004 on the appointment of the second Cabinet of President Thabo Mbeki, when the Arts, Culture, Science and Technology portfolio was divided into two.^[2] As of 26 May 2014^[update] the incumbent minister is Nathi Mthethwa and his deputy is Maggie Sotyu.

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

Minister of Education, Arts and Science, 1949–1989

	Term		Party
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)
J.J. Serfontein	16 April 1958	8 October 1961	NP	Hendrik Verwoerd (takes office after Strydom's death)
	8 October 1961	1970	NP	Hendrik Verwoerd (I) (II)
	8 October 1961	1970	NP	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)

Minister of 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	NP		F.W. de Klerk (I)

Minister of 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)