Minister of Health (South Africa)
In the South-African government, the Minister of Health is the member of the national Cabinet responsible for the Department of Health, and therefore for national health policy and the administration of public health. The position is of particular importance in South Africa because of the massive impact of the AIDS pandemic in the country.
List of Health Cabinet Ministers
| No. | Name | Party | Term |
| 1 | Thomas Watt | South African Party | 1919-1921 |
| 2 | Patrick Duncan | Unionist Party | 1921-1924 |
| 3 | Daniel François Malan | National Party | 1924-1933 |
| 4 | Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr | South African Party | 1933-1936 |
| 5 | Richard Stuttaford | Unionist Party | 1936-1939 |
| 6 | Harry Gordon Lawrence | Unionist Party | 1939-1945 |
| 7 | Henry Gluckman | Unionist Party | 1945-1948 |
| 8 | Albert Jacobus Stals | National Party | 1948-1951 |
| 9 | Karl Bremer | National Party | 1951-1953 |
| 10 | Albertus Johannes Roux van Rhijn | National Party | 1953-1954 |
| 11 | Tom Naudé | National Party | 1954-1956 |
| 12 | Johannes Hendrikus Viljoen | National Party | 1956-1957 |
| 13 | Michiel Daniel Christiaan de Wet Nel | National Party | 1958 |
| 14 | Albert Hertzog | National Party | 1958-1968 |
| 15 | Carel de Wet | National Party | 1968-1972 |
| 16 | Schalk van der Merwe | National Party | 1972- 1979 |
| 17 | Lourens Munnik | National Party | 1979-1982 |
| 18 | Cornelis van der Merwe | National Party | 1982-1985 |
| 19 | Willie van Niekerk | National Party | 1985-1989 |
| 20 | Rina Venter | National Party | 1989-1994 |
| 21 | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | African National Congress | May 1994 - May 1999 |
| 22 | Manto Tshabalala-Msimang | African National Congress | June 1999 - 25 September 2008 |
| 23 | Barbara Hogan | African National Congress | 25 September 2008 - 10 May 2009 |
| 24 | Aaron Motsoaledi | African National Congress | 11 May 2009 - 29 May 2019 |
| 25 | Zweli Mkhize | African National Congress | 30 May 2019 - |