| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 2 September 2008 |
President | Thabo Mvuyelwa MBEKI |
Deputy President | Phumzile Gloria MLAMBO-NGCUKA |
Minister of Agriculture & Land Affairs | Lulama XINGWANA |
Minister of Arts & Culture | Pallo JORDAN |
Minister of Communications | Ivy MATSEPE-CASABURRI |
Minister of Correctional Services | Ngconde BALFOUR |
Minister of Defense | Mosiuoa LEKOTA |
Minister of Education | Naledi PANDOR |
Minister of Environment & Tourism | Marthinus VAN SCHALKWYK |
Minister of Finance | Trevor MANUEL |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Nkosazana DLAMINI-ZUMA |
Minister of Health | Manto TSHABALALA-MSIMANG |
Minister of Home Affairs | Nosiviwe MAPISA-NQAKULA |
Minister of Housing | Lindiwe SISULU |
Minister of Intelligence | Ronnie KASRILS |
Minister of Justice & Constitutional Affairs | Bridgitte MABANDLA |
Minister of Labor | Membathisi MDLADLANA |
Minister of Minerals & Energy | Buyelwa Patience SONJICA |
Minister of Provincial & Local Government | Sydney MUFAMADI |
Minister of Public Enterprises | Alexander ERWIN |
Minister of Public Service & Administrative | Geraldine FRASER-MOLEKETI |
Minister of Public Works | Angela Thoko DIDIZA |
Minister of Safety & Security | Charles NQAKULA |
Minister of Science & Technology | Mosibudi MANGENA |
Minister of Social Development | Zola SKWEYIYA |
Minister of Sport & Recreation | Makenkesi STOFILE |
Minister of Trade & Industry | Mandisi MPAHLWA |
Minister of Transport | Jeffrey Thamsanqa RADEBE |
Minister of Water & Forestry | Lindiwe Benedicta HENDRICKS |
Minister in the Presidency | Kgalema MOTLANTHE |
Minister in the Presidency | Essop PAHAD |
Governor, Reserve Bank | Tito MBOWENI |
Ambassador to the US | Welile Augustine NHLAPO |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Dumisani Shadrack KUMALO |