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Know your Minister

Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.

About the Minister

The Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans is responsible for overseeing the Department of Defence and Military Veterans. The department manages, prepares and employs defence capabilities commensurate with the needs of South Africa as regulated by the Constitution, national legislation, and parliamentary and executive direction. It also supports and recognises military veterans for their contribution to bring about the realisation of a peaceful, democratic and prosperous South Africa.

About the Department

Minister Mapisa-Nqakula holds a Primary Teacher’s Diploma from the Bensonvale Teacher TRG College and a Project Management qualification which she obtained at the Canadian University Studies (CUSO). Her academic qualifications also include a Basic Human Relations course, Communications course and she is currently studying towards a qualification in Psychology with Newport University.

Prior to her appointment as the Minister of Defence and Milita

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One of the current female major generals is Mandisa Mfeka, the country’s first black woman combat pilot.

“The generals know I will scrutinize any promotion list before approval. They know the minister will ask the question, ‘Any women on the list?’ It’s a politically conscious process, and I let the generals know why it must be done that way,” she says.

Political consciousness in this context is rooted in South African history. The struggle against—and victory over—apartheid transformed the notion of equality, including racial and gender equality, into an economic and social necessity. The post-apartheid constitution and other legal structures enshrine that necessity.

Section 9 of the 1996 Constitution of South Africa espouses equality and discourages discrimination based on race, gender or disability. Other women-empowering legislative mechanisms include the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, (2000), the Employment Equity Act (1998) and the Domestic Violence Act (1998).

By June 2019, women made up half of the government’s cabinet, making South

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Parliament, Thursday 19 August 2021 – A Special sitting of the National Assembly (NA) has elected Ms Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula as new Speaker of the House this afternoon.

The sitting, which only had one agenda item, 'nomination of the speaker', was held under Section 52(1) of the Constitution that states that the NA "must elect a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker from among its members" whenever a vacancy occurs. Ms Mapisa-Nqakula, an African National Congress Member of Parliament, received 199 votes while the Democratic Alliance (DA) 's nominee, Dr Annelie Lotriet, bagged 82 votes with 17 votes spoilt. This represents a 66.8% of Members of Parliament present physically in Parliament as required by the Constitution.

The Constitution provides that the NA is elected to represent the people and ensure government by the people under the Constitution. The NA does this by choosing the President, providing a national forum for public consideration, passing legislation, and scrutinising and overseeing executive action. The Speaker is responsible for providing political