Minister of Home Affairs (South Africa)
The Minister of Home Affairs is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with responsibility for the Department of Home Affairs. This position is currently filled by Aaron Motsoaledi, who was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 29 May 2019. The position includes responsibility for immigration, refugee and asylum policy, for the civil registry, and for the issuing of identity documents and passports.
Minister of Home Affairs (South Africa)
Image: Jan Smuts circa 1915
Image: Abraham Fischer
Image: Jan Smuts circa 1915
Pakishe Aaron Motsoaledi is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs in the cabinet of South Africa. He was previously the Minister of Health from 2009 to 2019. A member of the National Assembly since 2009, he is also a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
Motsoaledi in 2016
Motsoaledi with Merle Lipton during a panel discussion at Chatham House in September 2011
Motsoaledi with Indian health minister Harsh Vardhan in Barcelona, October 2014
Motsoaledi at a Treatment Action Campaign rally in Durban during the 21st International AIDS Conference, July 2016