The Minister of Home Affairs is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with responsibility for the Department of Home Affairs. 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 Ministers of Home Affairs [edit]
| Minister | Party | Incumbency | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ministers of the Interior | |||
| Jan Smuts | SAP | 1910–1912 | Government of Prime Minister Louis Botha |
| Abraham Fischer | SAP | 1912–1913 | |
| Hendrik Schalk Theron | SAP | 1915 | |
| Sir Thomas Watt | SAP | 1916–1919 | |
| 1919–1921 | First Government of Prime Minister Jan Smuts | ||
| Patrick Duncan | SAP | 1921–1924 | |
| D. F. Malan | NP | 1924–1933 | Government of Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog |
| Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr | SAP/UP | 1933–1936 | |
| Richard Stuttaford | UP | 1936–1939 | |
| Harry Gordon Lawrence | UP | 1939–1943 | Second Government of Prime Minister Jan Smuts |
| Charles Francis Clarkson | UP | 1943–1948 | |
| Harry Gordon Lawrence | UP | 1948 | |
| T. E. Dönges | NP | 1948–1954 | Government of Prime Minister D. F. Malan |
| 1954–1958 | Government of Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom | ||
| Jozua François Naudé | NP | 1958–1961 | Government of Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd |
| Johannes de Klerk | NP | 1961–1966 | |
| P. K. Le Roux | NP | 1966–1968 | Government of Prime Minister B. J. Vorster |
| Lourens Muller | NP | 1968–1970 | |
| Marais Viljoen | NP | 1970 | |
| Theo Gerdener | NP | 1970–1972 | |
| Connie Mulder | NP | 1972–1978 | |
| Alwyn Schlebusch | NP | 1978–1980 | Government of Prime Minister P. W. Botha |
| Chris Heunis | NP | 1980–1982 | |
| F. W. de Klerk | NP | 1982–1984 | |
| Ministers of Internal Affairs | |||
| F. W. de Klerk | NP | 1984–1985 | Government of State President P. W. Botha |
| Stoffel Botha | NP | 1985–1989 | |
| Gene Louw | NP | 1989–1992 | Government of State President F. W. de Klerk |
| Louis Pienaar | NP | 1992–1993 | |
| Danie Schutte | NP | 1993–1994 | |
| Ministers of Home Affairs | |||
| Mangosuthu Buthelezi | IFP | 1994–1999 | Government of President Nelson Mandela |
| 1999–2004 | Government of President Thabo Mbeki | ||
| Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | ANC | 2004–2008 | |
| 2008–2009 | Government of President Kgalema Motlanthe | ||
| Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | ANC | 2009–2012 | Government of President Jacob Zuma |
| Naledi Pandor | ANC | 2012- | Government of President Jacob Zuma |
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