# Second Cabinet of Thabo Mbeki

The second cabinet of Thabo Mbeki was the cabinet of the government of South Africa from 29 April 2004 until 24 September 2008. It was in office for the duration of Mbeki's second term in the South African Presidency, which lasted between the 2004 general election and Mbeki's resignation from office on 24 September 2008.
The cabinet comprised 28 ministers and was reshuffled twice, once in June 2005 and once in May 2006. In addition to members of Mbeki's African National Congress, it included one minister apiece from the New National Party and Azanian People's Organisation.

## Cabinet

After the April 2004 general election, Thabo Mbeki was elected to his second and final term as President of South Africa. On 28 April 2004, he announced his new cabinet. Although his political party, the African National Congress (ANC), had won a supermajority in the election, he invited two opposition parties – the New National Party (NNP) and the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) – to fill a cabinet post apiece. The Inkatha Freedom Party was not represented.
About half of the appointments were unchanged from Mbeki's outgoing first-term cabinet, and only six new ministers were appointed. The only major organisational change was Mbeki's decision to sever the Ministry of Arts and Culture from the Ministry of Science and Technology; until then they had been unified as the Ministry of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. The 28-member cabinet included 12 women, an increase from Mbeki's first term.

## Reshuffles

The most dramatic change in the cabinet's composition occurred on 14 June 2005, when Mbeki announced his decision to remove Jacob Zuma from the Deputy Presidency. The sacking was the result of developments in ongoing corruption allegations against Zuma. Mbeki appointed Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to succeed Zuma as the Deputy President, and in turn appointed Lindiwe Hendricks to succeed Mlambo-Ngcuka as Minister of Minerals and Energy.
The Minister of Public Works, Stella Sigcau, died less than a year later. In the aftermath of her death, on 22 May 2006, Mbeki announced his most extensive cabinet reshuffle, which resulted in the appointment to cabinet of Lulu Xingwana; it also affected three other ministers.

## List of ministers

| Post | Minister | Term | Term | Party |
| President of South Africa | His Excellency Thabo Mbeki | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy President of South Africa | Her Excellency Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka | 2005 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy President of South Africa | His Excellency Jacob Zuma | 2004 | 2005 | ANC |
| Minister in the Presidency | The Hon. Essop Pahad | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs | The Hon. Lulu Xingwana | 2006 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs | The Hon. Thoko Didiza | 2004 | 2006 | ANC |
| Minister of Arts and Culture | The Hon. Pallo Jordan | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Communications | The Hon. Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Correctional Services | The Hon. Ngconde Balfour | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Defence | The Hon. Mosiuoa Lekota | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Education | The Hon. Naledi Pandor | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism | The Hon. Marthinus van Schalkwyk | 2004 | 2008 | NNP |
| Minister of Finance | The Hon. Trevor Manuel | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | The Hon. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Health | The Hon. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Home Affairs | The Hon. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Housing | The Hon. Lindiwe Sisulu | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Intelligence | The Hon. Ronnie Kasrils | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development | The Hon. Brigitte Mabandla | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Labour | The Hon. Shepherd Mdladlana | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Minerals and Energy | The Hon. Buyi Sonjica | 2006 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Minerals and Energy | The Hon. Lindiwe Hendricks | 2005 | 2006 | ANC |
| Minister of Minerals and Energy | The Hon. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka | 2004 | 2005 | ANC |
| Minister of Provincial and Local Government | The Hon. Sydney Mufamadi | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Public Enterprises | The Hon. Alec Erwin | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Public Service and Administration | The Hon. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Public Works | The Hon. Thoko Didiza | 2006 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Public Works | The Hon. Stella Sigcau | 2004 | 2006 | ANC |
| Minister of Safety and Security | The Hon. Charles Nqakula | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Science and Technology | The Hon. Mosibudi Mangena | 2004 | 2008 | AZAPO |
| Minister of Social Development | The Hon. Zola Skweyiya | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Sport and Recreation | The Hon. Arnold Stofile | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | The Hon. Mandisi Mpahlwa | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Transport | The Hon. Jeff Radebe | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry | The Hon. Lindiwe Hendricks | 2006 | 2008 | ANC |
| Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry | The Hon. Buyi Sonjica | 2004 | 2006 | ANC |

## List of deputy ministers

Although deputy ministers are not members of the South African Cabinet, they are appointed by the president and assist cabinet ministers in the execution of their duties. At the same time as he announced his cabinet on 28 April 2004, Mbeki appointed 21 deputy ministers to serve below the cabinet. For the first time, he appointed two Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs to serve together. Two of the deputy ministers, Gert Oosthuizen of the ANC and Ntopile Kganyago of the opposition United Democratic Movement, were not sworn in until 10 May 2004.
In his minor reshuffle of June 2005, Mbeki appointed two Deputy Ministers of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies and Elizabeth Thabethe; until then there had been only one deputy minister, Lindiwe Hendricks, who was promoted to cabinet in the reshuffle.After this, Mbeki made two further changes to his corps of deputy ministers. First, on 25 January 2006, he announced that Cheryl Gillwald would resign as Deputy Minister of Correctional Services at the end of the month; he appointed Loretta Jacobus to replace her. Second, in a decision that sparked international controversy, he fired Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge as Deputy Minister of Health on 8 August 2007.
Mbeki did not appoint deputy ministers in the Ministries of Housing, Intelligence, Labour, Public Service and Administration, Public Enterprises, Transport, or Water Affairs and Forestry, nor did he appoint a deputy minister in the Presidency. In addition, when Lulu Xingwana was promoted to the cabinet in his May 2006 reshuffle, he did not appoint anybody to replace her as Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy. Likewise, after Madlala-Routledge was dismissed, the position of Deputy Minister of Health remained vacant until the end of the cabinet's term.
| Post | Minister | Term | | Party |
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs | The Hon. Dirk du Toit | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture | The Hon. Ntombazana Botha | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Communications | The Hon. Roy Padayachie | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Correctional Services | The Hon. Loretta Jacobus | 2006 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Correctional Services | The Hon. Cheryl Gillwald | 2004 | 2006 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Defence | The Hon. Mluleki George | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Education | The Hon. Enver Surty | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism | The Hon. Joyce Mabudafhasi | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | The Hon. Jabu Moleketi | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 1st | The Hon. Aziz Pahad | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 2nd | The Hon. Sue van der Merwe | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Health | Office vacant | Office vacant | Office vacant | Office vacant |
| Deputy Minister of Health | The Hon. Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge | 2004 | 2007 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | The Hon. Malusi Gigaba | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development | The Hon. Johnny de Lange | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy | Office vacant | Office vacant | Office vacant | Office vacant |
| Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy | The Hon. Lulu Xingwana | 2004 | 2006 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Provincial and Local Government | The Hon. Nomatyala Hangana | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Public Works | The Hon. Ntopile Kganyago | 2004 | 2008 | UDM |
| Deputy Minister of Safety and Security | The Hon. Susan Shabangu | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Science and Technology | The Hon. Derek Hanekom | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Social Development | The Hon. Jean Benjamin | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation | The Hon. Gert Oosthuizen | 2004 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry 1st | The Hon. Rob Davies | 2005 | 2008 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry 1st | The Hon. Lindiwe Hendricks | 2004 | 2005 | ANC |
| Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry 2nd | The Hon. Elizabeth Thabethe | 2005 | 2008 | ANC |