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Party abbreviations: ANC = African National Congress (democratic socialist, African nationalist, largely black, banned 1960-1990, est.1912); DA = Democratic Alliance (liberal, centrist, est.2000); IFP = Inkatha Freedom Party/Iqembu Lenatha Yenkululeko (conservative, federalist, mainly Zulu, est.1975);
- Former party: NNP = New National Party (conservative, mainly Afrikaner, former NP, 1997-2005, merged into ANC); NP = National Party-Nasionale Party (Afrikaner nationalist, conservative, Apartheid 1948-1989, 1934-39 merged into UP, succeeded by NNP, 1915-1997); NRP = New Republican Party (former United Party, conservative, power sharing, 1977-1988)
Cape
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![[Vierkleur flag
of Transvaal (South Africa) 1858-74, 1875-77,
1880-1902]](za-t1857.gif "[Vierkleur flag of
Transvaal (South Africa) 1858-74, 1875-77,
1880-1902]")
9 Oct 1914 - 3 Feb 1915 Boer rebellion, led by Solomon Maritz and Christiaan Beyers,
proclaims a "provisional government" during World War I.
7 May 1994 Divided Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, and
the western half of North-West provinces.
Administrators
31 May 1910 - Dec 1925
Nicolaas Frederik de
Waal
(b. 1853 - d. 1932)
(from 2 Jan 1911, Sir Frederic de Waal)
9 Oct 1914 - 3 Feb 1915
Solomon Gerhardus "Manie" Maritz (b. 1876 - d.
1940) Mil
(overall Boer revolt leader and
leader of revolt in the Cape)
Jan 1926 - Aug
1929 Adriaan
Paulus Johannes Fourie (b. 1882
- d. 1941)
Sep 1929 - Sep
1939 Johannes
Hendrik
Conradie
(b. 1872 - d. 1940)
Sep 1939 - Sep
1942 François
Allen
Joubert
(b.
1889 - d. 1942)
2 Oct 1942 - 31 Dec 1945
Gideon Brand van
Zyl
(b. 1873 - d. 1956)
1 Jan 1946 - 1 Jul
1946 Philippus Arnoldus
Myburgh
(b. 1880 - d. 1946)
23 Jul 1946 - 22 Jul 1951 Johan George
Carinus
(b. 1892 - d. 1960)
1 Aug 1951 - 27 Mar 1958
Philippus Jacobus
Olivier
(b. 1901 - d. 1958)
12 May 1958 - 28 Apr 1960 Josias Hendrik
Otto du Plessis (b. 1907 - d.
1960)
28 Apr 1960 - 31 May 1970 Johannes
Nicholas
Malan
(b. 1903 - d. 1981)
(acting to 1 Jun 1960)
1 Jun 1970 - May
1975 Andries Heydenrich Vosloo
(b. 1912 - d. 1982)
Jun 1975 - Jun
1979 Lourens
Albertus Petrus Anderson (b. 1925 - d. 2016)
Munnik
Jun 1979 - Jul
1989 Eugene
"Gene" van der Merwe Louw (b. 1931 - d.
2015)
Jul 1989 - May
1994 Jacobus
"Kobus"
Meiring
(b.
1936)
Natal 31 May 1910 Natal a province of the Union of South Africa.
7 May 1994 Reorganized as KwaZulu-Natal province.
Administrators
May 1910 - Jan
1918 Charles
John
Smythe
(b.
1852 - d. 1918)
Feb 1918 - Jan
1928 George
Thomas
Plowman
(b.
1858 - d. 1943)
Feb 1928 - Jan
1943 Herbert
Gordon
Watson
(b. 1874 - d. 1948)
Feb 1943 - Nov
1944 George
Heaton
Nicholls
(b. 1876 - d. 1959)
Nov 1944 - Feb
1948 Douglas
Edgar Mitchell
(b. 1896 - d. 1988)
Feb 1948 - May
1958 Denis Gem
Shepstone
(b. 1888 - d. 1966)
Jun 1958 - Nov
1961 Alfred
Ernest
Trollip
(b. 1895 - d. 1972)
Nov 1961 - Aug
1970 Theodor
Johannes Adolph Gerdener (b. 1916 - d. 2013)
Aug 1970 - Jun
1979 Wynand
Wilhelm Benjamin Havemann (b. 1912 - d.
1986)
Jun 1979 - Aug
1979 Frank
Martin (1st time) (acting)
(d.
1987)
NRP
Aug 1979 - Sep
1984 Jan
Christoffel "Stoffel" Greyling (b. 1929 - d. 1998)
Botha
Sep 1984 - Nov
1984 Frank
Martin (2nd time) (acting)
(s.a.)
NRP
Nov 1984 - Apr
1990 Radclyffe
Macbeth
Cadman
(b. 1924 - d. 2011)
Apr 1990 - 7 May
1994 Cornelius Johannes van
Rooyen (b.
1932 - d. 2014)
Botha
Orange Free State
31 May 1910 Orange Free State a province of the Union of South Africa.
25 Oct 1914 - 1 Dec 1914 Boer rebellion during World War I.
7 May 1994 Reorganized as Orange Free State province.
Administrators
May 1910 - May
1915 Alfred
Ernest William Ramsbottom (b. 1860 - d.
1922)
27? Oct 1914 - 1 Dec 1914
Christiaan Rudolf de
Wet
(b. 1854 - d. 1922) Mil
(in rebellion)
May 1915 - 2 Mar
1924 Cornelius Hermanus
Wessels
(b. 1851 - d. 1924)
(from 15 Mar 1920, Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels)
11 Mar 1924 - Mar
1929 Esaias Reinier
Grobler
(b. 1861 - d. 1937)
Mar 1929 - 14 Nov
1936 Carl Theodorus Muller
Wilcocks (b. 1861 - d. 1936)
Nov 1936 - Dec
1936 Johannes
Buys (acting)
(b. 1859 - d. 1943)
Dec 1936 - Dec
1940 Johannes
Frederik Janse
van (b. 1898 -
d. 1966)
Rensburg
Dec 1940 - Dec
1950 Stephanus
Philippus
Barnard (b.
1888 - d. 1951)
1 Jan 1951 - Dec
1959 Jacobus "Jim" Johannes
Fouché (b. 1898 - d. 1980)
Dec 1959 - Dec
1969 Johannes
Willem "Sand" Jacobus (b. 1908 - d. 1994)
Coetzee du Plessis
Dec 1969 - 13 Dec
1974 Gabriel François van Lingen
(b. 1909
- d. 1981)
Froneman
14 Dec 1974 - 1979
Abraham Cornelis van Wyk
(b. 1911 - d. 1996)
1979 - 1980
Cornelius "Nak"
van der Merwe (b. 1920 -
d. 1985)
Nov 1980 - Aug
1991 Louis
Johannes
Botha
(b.
1939 - d. 1999)
Aug 1991 - 7 May
1994 Louis van der
Watt
(b.
1937)
Transvaal
31 May 1910 Transvaal a province of the Union of South Africa.
25 Oct 1914 – 8 Dec 1914 Boer rebellion during World War I.
7 May 1994 Divided into the new provinces of Northern, Gauteng,
and Mpumalanga, and also North-West (eastern half).
Administrators
31 May 1910 - 23 Jul 1917 Johann
Friedrich Bernhard Rissik (b. 1857 - d.
1925)
27 Oct 1914 – 8 Dec 1914
Christiaan Frederick
Beyers (b.
1869 - d. 1914) Mil
(in rebellion)
24 Jul 1917 - 29 Feb 1924 Alfred
George
Robertson
(b.
1867 - d. 1929)
1 Mar 1924 - 28 Feb 1929
Jan Hendrik
Hofmeyr
(b. 1894 - d. 1948)
1 Mar 1929 - 28 Feb 1934
Jacobus Stephanus
Smit
(b. 1878 - d. 1960)
1 Mar 1934 - 29 Jul 1938
Simon Potgieter
Bekker
(b. 1882 - d. 1938)
29 Jul 1938 - 1 Sep 1938 Vacant
1 Sep 1938 - 31 Aug 1948
Jacobus Johannes
Pienaar
(b. 1866 - d. 1950)
31 Aug 1948 - 1 Nov 1948 Vacant
1 Nov 1948 - 31 Oct 1958
William
Nicol
(b. 1887 - d. 1967)
1 Nov 1958 - 8 Feb
1966 Frans "Fox" Hendrik
Odendaal (b. 1898 -
d. 1966)
12 Feb 1966 - 15 Jul 1979
Sybrand Gerhardus Johannes van
(b. 1914 - d. 2011)
Niekerk
16 Jul 1979 - 31 May 1988 Willem
Adriaan
Cruywagen
(b. 1921 - d. 2013)
1 Jun 1988 - 7 May
1994 Daniel "Danie"
Hough
(b. 1937 - d. 2008)
Eastern Cape
7 May
1994
Eastern
Cape province (created from the Southeastern
part of the former Cape Province, added those parts
of
Transkei that were situated in Natal).
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 4
Feb 1997 Raymond
Mhlaba
(b. 1920 - d. 2005) ANC
4 Feb 1997 - 26 Apr
2004 Makhenkesi
Stofile
(b. 1944 - d. 2016) ANC
26 Apr 2004 - 31 Jul 2008 Nosimo
Balindlela
(f)
(b.
1949)
ANC
31 Jul 2008 - 6 May 2009
Mbulelo
Sogoni
(b. 1966)
ANC
6 May 2009 - 25
May 2014 Noxolo Kiviet (f)
(b. 1963)
ANC
25 May 2014 - 22 May 2019
Godfrey Phumulo Masualle
(b. 1965)
ANC
22 May 2019
-
Oscar
Mabuyane
(b. 1974) ANC
Free State
![[Free State Province
Unofficial Flag (Free State, South Africa)]](za-fs.gif "[Free State Province Unofficial Flag
(Free State, South Africa)]") Free State Province Unofficial Flag |
7 May
1994
Reorganized as Orange Free State province.
28 Jun
1995
Renamed Free State province.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 18 Dec 1996
Mosiuoa Patrick
Lekota
(b.
1948)
ANC
18 Dec 1996 - 15 Jun 1999 Ivy
Matsepe-Casaburri
(f)
(b. 1937 - d. 2009) ANC
15 Jun 1999 - 26 Apr 2004 Isabella Winkie
Direko
(f) (b.
1929 - d. 2012) ANC
26 Apr 2004 - 6 May 2009
Beatrice
Marshoff
(f)
(b.
1957
- d. 2023) ANC
6 May 2009 - 27 Mar
2018 Sekgobelo "Ace" Magashule
(b. 1959)
ANC
27 Mar 2018 - 24 Feb 2023
Sefora Ntombela
(f)
(b. 1957) ANC
24 Feb 2023
-
Mxolisi
Dukwana
(b. 1964?)
ANC
Gauteng
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![[Gauteng
Provincial Government flag (Gauteng, South
Africa)]](za-gt.gif "[Gauteng Provincial
Government flag (Gauteng, South Africa)]")
Gauteng
Provincial Government Flagfrom South Central Transvaal).
28 Jun 1995 Renamed Gauteng.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 19 Jan
1997 Tokyo
Sexwale
(b.
1953)
ANC
19 Jan 1997 - 15 Jun
1999 Mathole
Motshekga
(b.
1949)
ANC
15 Jun 1999 - 7 Oct
2008 Mbhazima
Shilowa
(b.
1958)
ANC
7 Oct 2008 - 6
May 2009 Paul Shipokosa Mashatile
(b. 1961)
ANC
6 May 2009 -
25 May 2014 Nomvula Mokonyane (f)
(b.
1963) ANC
25 May 2014 - 6 Oct 2022
David
Makhura
(b.
1968)
ANC
6 Oct 2022
-
Andrek "Panyaza" Lesufi
(b.
1968)
ANC
KwaZulu-Natal
7 May
1994
Kwa
Zulu-Natal (created from the former Natal
province minus local parts of Transkei).
Premiers
11 May 1994 - 1 Mar 1997
Frank
Mdlalose
(b. 1931 - d. 2021) IFP
1 Mar 1997 - 5 Feb
1999 Baldwin "Ben"
Ngubane
(b. 1941 - d. 2021) IFP
(acting to 19 Mar 1997)
5 Feb 1999 - 10 Feb 1999
Nyanga Ngubane
(acting)
(b.
1944 - d. 2010) IFP
10 Feb 1999 - 23 Apr 2004 Lionel
Mtshali
(b. 1935 - d. 2015) IFP
23 Apr 2004 - 6
May 2009 Joel Sibusiso "S'bu"
Ndebele (b.
1948)
ANC
6 May 2009 - 22
Aug 2013 Zwelini "Zweli" Lawrence Mkhize
(b. 1956)
ANC
22 Aug 2013 - 24 May 2016 Edward Senzo
Mchunu
(b. 1958) ANC
(acting to 26 Sep 2013)
24 May 2016 - 22 May 2019
Thembinkosi "Willies" Mchunu
(b. 1948)
ANC
(acting to 25 May 2016)
22 May 2019 - 10 Aug 2022 Sihle
Zikalala
(b.
1973)
ANC
10 Aug 2022
-
Nomusa Dube-Ncube (f)
ANC
Limpopo
7 May
1994
Northern
Transvaal province (created from
Northern Transvaal).
28 Jun
1995
Northern
Transvaal province renamed Northern.
14 Feb
2002
Name
change to Limpopo announced (confirmed 11 Jun 2003).
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 22 Apr 2004
Ngoako
Ramathlodi
(b.
1955)
ANC
22 Apr 2004 - 26 Apr 2004
Catherine Mabuza (f)(acting)
(b.
1945)
ANC
26 Apr 2004 - 3 Mar 2009 Sello
Moloto
(b. 1964)
ANC
3 Mar 2009 - 18 Jul 2013
Cassel
Mathale
(b. 1961)
ANC
(acting to 24 Mar 2009)
18 Jul 2013
-
Stanley
Mathabatha
(b. 1957)
ANC
Mpumalanga
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![[flag of Mpumalanga
province (Mpumalanga, South Africa)]](za-mp.gif "[flag of Mpumalanga province (Mpumalanga,
South Africa)]")
7 May
1994
Eastern
Transvaal province (created from
Southeastern Transvaal).
25 Aug
1995
Renamed
Mpumalanga.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 15 Jun 1999
Mathews
Phosa
(b.
1952)
ANC
15 Jun 1999 - 30 Apr 2004
Ndaweni
Mahlangu
(b.
1948)
ANC
30 Apr 2004 - 6
May 2009 Thabang
Makwetla
(b.
1957)
ANC
6 May 2009 - 27
Feb 2018 David Mabuza
(b. 1960)
ANC
27 Feb 2018
-
Refilwe Maria Mtsweni (f)
(b. 1973)
ANC
(from 27 May 2019, Refilwe Maria Mtsweni-Tsipane)
(acting to 20 Mar 2018)
North West
7 May
1994 North
West province (created from the Northeastern most
part of the former Cape Province and from the
Southeastern
half of Transvaal).
11 May 2018 - 22 Jun 2018 Under national
administration.
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 30 Apr
2004 Popo
Molefe
(b.
1952)
ANC
30 Apr 2004 - 6
May 2009 Edna Molewa
(f)
(b. 1957 - d. 2018) ANC
6 May 2009 -
19 Nov 2010 Maureen Modiselle (f)
(b. 1941)
ANC
19 Nov 2010 - 25 May
2014 Thandi Modise (f)
(b. 1959)
ANC
25 May 2014 - 23 May 2018 Supra
Mahumapelo
(b. 1968) ANC
(suspended from 11 May 2018)
11 May 2018 - 22 Jun 2018 national
administration
22 Jun 2018
-
Job Mokgoro
(b. 1948)
ANC
Northern Cape
7 May
1994
Northern
Cape province (created from the Northern part of
the former Cape Province).
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 30 Apr 2004
Manne
Dipico
(b.
1959)
ANC
30 Apr 2004 - 6
May 2009 Elizabeth Dipuo Peters
(f) (b.
1960)
ANC
6 May 2009 - 23
May 2013 Hazel Jenkins (f)
(b. 1960)
ANC
20 Feb 2012 - 30 Apr 2013 Grizelda Cjiekella
(f)
(b. 1970 - d. 2015) ANC
(acting for Jenkins)
30 Apr 2013 - 22 May 2019
Sylvia Lucas (f)
(b. 1964)
ANC
(acting for Jenkins to 23 May 2013)
22 May 2019
-
Zamani
Saul
(b. 1972)
ANC
Western Cape
7 May
1994
Western
Cape province (created from the Southwestern
part of the former Cape Province).
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 11 May 1998
Hernus
Kriel
(b. 1941 - d. 2015) NP
11 May 1998 - 12 Nov 2001 Gerald
Morkel
(b. 1941 - d. 2018) NNP
12 Nov 2001 - 5 Dec 2001
Cecil Herandien
(acting)
(b.
1951)
NNP
5 Dec 2001 - 3 Jun
2002 Peter
Marais
(b.
1948)
NNP
3 Jun 2002 - 21 Jun 2002
Petrus "Piet" Meyer
(acting) (b. 1940 -
d. 2020) NNP
21 Jun 2002 - 23 Apr 2004
Marthinus Van
Schalkwyk
(b.
1959)
NNP
23 Apr 2004 - 30 Apr 2004
Leonard Ramatlakane
(acting) (b. 1953)
ANC
30 Apr 2004 - 25 Jul 2008
Ebrahim
Rasool
(b.
1962)
ANC
25 Jul 2008 - 6 May 2009
Lynne Brown
(f)
(b. 1961) ANC
6 May 2009 - 22
May 2019 Helen Zille (f)
(b. 1951)
DA
22 May 2019
-
Alan
Winde
(b.
1965)
DA
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