Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

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South Africa
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

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* Minister van Handel en Nywerheid (Afrikaans)
* uNgqongqotjhe wezeRhwebo namaBubulo (Southern Ndebele)
* UMphathiswa lezoRhwebo noShishino (Xhosa)
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* Indvuna Letekuhwebelana Netetimboni (Swazi)
* Tona ya Bogwebi le Bohlagiši (Northern Sotho)
* Letona la Kgwebisano le Indasteri (Sotho)
* Tona la Kgwebisano le Madirelo (Tswana)
* Holobye wa Mbambadzo na Nḓowetshumo (Tsonga)
* Minisiṱa ya Mabindzu na Vumaki (Venda)

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Incumbent
Ebrahim Patel
since 30 May 2019

Department of Trade, Industry and Competition
Style| The Honourable
Appointer| Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder| Frederick Robert Moore
Formation| 31 May 1910
Deputy| Fikile Majola and Nomalungelo Gina[1]
Website| [www.thedtic.gov.za]

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition is a Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The portfolio of Trade, Industry and Competition, formed in May 2019, has brought together the former Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Economic Development.

The Minister is responsible for the development and implementation of industrial policy in South Africa. The ministry oversees 17 government agencies, providing for industrial funding, competition policy, black economic empowerment policy, consumer protection, trade policy and technical standards.

## List of Past Ministers[edit]

### Minister of Commerce and Industry, 1910–1912, 1933–1943[edit]

Name  | Portrait  | Term  | Party  | President

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Frederick Robert Moore |  | 1910 – 1911  | SAP | Louis Botha
(I)
George Leuchars |  | 1911 – 1912  | SAP | Louis Botha
(I)
Adriaan Fourie |  | 1933 – 1938  | UP/NP | J. B. M. Hertzog
(III)
Oswald Pirow |  | 1938 – 1939  | UP | J. B. M. Hertzog
(IV)
Richard Stuttaford |  | 1939 – 1941  | UP | J. B. M. Hertzog
(IV)
Sidney Waterson |  | 1941 – 1943  | UP | J. B. M. Hertzog
(IV)

### Minister of Trade and Industry, 1994–2019[edit]

Name  | Portrait  | Term  | Party  | President

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Trevor Manuel |  | 11 May 1994 - 4 April 1996  | ANC | Nelson Mandela
(I)

Alec Erwin |  | 4 April 1996 – 28 April 2004  | ANC | Nelson Mandela
(I)
Thabo Mbeki
(I)
Mandisi Mpahlwa |  | 29 April 2004 – 10 May 2009  | ANC | Thabo Mbeki
(II)
Kgalema Motlanthe
(I)
Rob Davies |  | 11 May 2009 – 29 May 2019  | ANC | Jacob Zuma
(I)(II)
Cyril Ramaphosa
(I)

### Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, 2019 - Present[edit]

Name  | Portrait  | Term  | Party  | President

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Ebrahim Patel |  | 30 May 2019 – Present  | ANC | Cyril Ramaphosa
(II)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "IN FULL Cyril Ramaphosa's new cabinet, in his own words". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Department of Trade and Industry

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