The minister of planning, monitoring and evaluation is the minister in the

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with political responsibility for the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. In recent years the minister is also chairperson of the National Planning Commission. Before June 2024, the officeholder was a

minister in the presidency The minister in the presidency is a Minister (government), minister in the Cabinet of South Africa, appointed by the President of South Africa. The minister has general responsibility for portfolios in the President of South Africa, Office of th ...

, known as the minister in the presidency for planning, monitoring and evaluation and before that as the minister in the presidency for monitoring, evaluation and administration. Since June 2024, the ministry is no longer located in the presidency. The incumbent minister is

Maropene Ramokgopa Maropene Ramokgopa (born 31 December 1979) is a South African politician who has been the Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation since March 2023. She has been a Member of the National Assembly since Febru ...

of the

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. Before her, the office was held by

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (; born 27 January 1949), sometimes referred to by her initials NDZ, is a South Africa, South African politician, medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. A longstanding member of the African National Con ...

from 2018 to 2019 and by

Collins Chabane Ohm Collins Chabane (15 April 1960 – 15 March 2015) was a South African Minister of Public Service and Administration. At the age of 17, he went into exile and joined the African National Congress (ANC) underground military wing Umkhonto we ...

from 2009 to 2014. In other years, no dedicated minister was appointed, and the relevant functions were carried out by another minister in the presidency.

History

Announcing his first cabinet on 10 May 2009, President

Jacob Zuma Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (; born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan names Nxamalala and Msholozi. Zuma was a for ...

announced the appointment of a new minister in the presidency for monitoring, evaluation and administration. From 31 October 2010, the minister,

, was assisted by a deputy minister. Chabane's main task was to establish an institutional infrastructure for national

monitoring and evaluation Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is a combined term for the processes set up by organizations such as companies, government agencies, international organisations and NGOs, with the goal of improving their management of outputs, outcomes and impact. ...

of government performance. In this vein, the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME; formerly called the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation) was established in 2010 and delivered its first budget vote in June 2011. In Zuma's second cabinet between 2014 and 2018, a specialised planning minister was not appointed; instead, political leadership of DPME fell within the broad remit of the

without portfolio. However, announcing his first cabinet on 26 February 2018, Zuma's successor, President

Cyril Ramaphosa Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician serving as the 5th and current President of South Africa since 2018. A former Anti-Apartheid Movement, anti-apartheid activist and trade union leade ...

, appointed

as minister in the presidency for planning, monitoring and evaluation. The new minister,

, was both the political head of DPME and the chairperson of the National Planning Commission; in both capacities she oversaw the implementation of South Africa's

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. After the 2019 general election, the position again became vacant as another Ministry in the Presidency carried out the relevant functions. However, in a reshuffle on 6 March 2023, President

announced the re-establishment of the Ministry in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, a move which he said was intended "to focus greater attention on the performance of government."

was appointed as minister. Like Dlamini-Zuma, as minister she was the political head of DPME and the chairperson of the National Planning Commission. Unlike Dlamini-Zuma, she was given a deputy minister. Announcing his third cabinet on 30 June 2024, Ramaphosa re-appointed Ramokgopa as minister for planning, monitoring and evaluation, alongside Deputy Minister

Seiso Mohai Seiso Joel Mohai (born 8 November 1966) is a South African politician from the Free State. A member of the African National Congress, he has been the Deputy Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation since 3 July 2024. Before that, he w ...

; in the new cabinet, the portfolio was no longer located in the presidency.

List of ministers

References

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