Mmamoloko Kubayi
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Kubayi in August 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 3 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Andries Nel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Thembi Simelane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Human Settlements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 August 2021 – 3 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Pam Tshwete Tandi Mahambehlala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lindiwe Sisulu (for Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Thembi Simelane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of the National Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 6 May 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Mmamoloko Tryphosa Kubayi 8 May 1978 Soweto, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | African National Congress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Nkhensani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mmamoloko Tryphosa Kubayi (born 8 May 1978) is a South African politician from Gauteng who is currently the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development. She has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa since April 2009.
Born in Soweto, Kubayi entered professional politics through the ANC Youth League and the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Council. After her election to Parliament in 2009, she served as Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe's parliamentary counsellor from 2013 to 2014 and as the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services from 2014 to 2017.
In March 2017, President Jacob Zuma appointed her to the cabinet, first as Minister of Energy and then as Minister of Communications. Under Zuma's successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, Kubayi served as Minister of Science and Technology from 2018 to 2019, Minister of Tourism from 2019 to 2021, and Minister of Human Settlements from 2021 to 2024, before she was appointed to her current portfolio in December 2024.
Kubayi has been a member of the ANC National Executive Committee since December 2017 and was elected to her first term on the ANC National Working Committee in January 2023. She was head of the party's influential subcommittee on economic transformation between April 2022 and March 2025.