Himself (for Mineral Resources) Jeff Radebe (for Energy)
Minister of Mineral Resources
In office 27 February 2018 – 7 May 2019
President
Cyril Ramaphosa
Deputy
Godfrey Oliphant
Preceded by
Mosebenzi Zwane
Succeeded by
Himself (for Mineral Resources and Energy)
National Chairperson of the African National Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 December 2017
President
Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by
Baleka Mbete
Other offices 1998–present
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2019
15th Secretary-General of the African National Congress
In office 18 December 2007 – 18 December 2017
President
Jacob Zuma
Deputy
Jessie Duarte Thandi Modise
Preceded by
Kgalema Motlanthe
Succeeded by
Ace Magashule
8th National Chairperson of the South African Communist Party
In office July 2007 – July 2012
Deputy
Ncumisa Kondlo Joyce Moloi-Moropa
General Secretary
Blade Nzimande
Preceded by
Charles Nqakula
Succeeded by
Senzeni Zokwana
3rd Secretary-General of the National Union of Mineworkers
In office 1998 – May 2006
President
James Motlatsi Senzeni Zokwana
Preceded by
Kgalema Motlanthe
Succeeded by
Frans Baleni
Personal details
Born
Samson Gwede Mantashe
(1955-06-21) 21 June 1955 (age 68) Cala, Cape Province Union of South Africa
Political party
African National Congress
Other political affiliations
South African Communist Party
Spouse
Nolwandle Mantashe
Relations
Tozama Mantashe (sister)
Alma mater
University of South Africa Witwatersrand University Management College of Southern Africa
Samson Gwede Mantashe (born 21 June 1955) is a South African politician and former trade unionist who is currently serving as the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. He was Minister of Mineral Resources from February 2018 to May 2019, when his current portfolio was created. He is also serving his second term as the national chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC).
Born in the Eastern Cape, Mantashe rose to political prominence through the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which he joined at his workplace at Matla Colliery. He rose through the union's ranks, becoming a full-time organiser in 1988 and then deputising Kgalema Motlanthe as the NUM's assistant general secretary from 1994 to 1998. He succeeded Motlanthe as general secretary from 1998 to 2006. During this period, he was also an influential member of the Central Committee and Politburo of the South African Communist Party (SACP).
After he ceded his union office to Frans Baleni in May 2006, Mantashe worked briefly at the Development Bank of Southern Africa. At the ANC's 52nd National Conference in Polokwane in December 2007, he was elected as secretary-general of the ANC, a full-time position which he held for a decade, gaining re-election in December 2012. He served concurrently as national chairperson of the SACP from 2007 to 2012. During his tenure as ANC secretary-general, he had a controversial role in defending President Jacob Zuma against internal dissent and allegations of state capture.
After two terms as secretary-general, Mantashe was elected as ANC national chairperson at the party's 54th National Conference in December 2017. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed him to the cabinet shortly thereafter, with his portfolio enlarged after the 2019 general election. His public-facing work as Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy has been dominated by the ongoing energy crisis in South Africa and by proposals for a so-called just energy transition. In that context, Mantashe has been criticised for his overt interest in coal, natural gas, and powerships, arguably at the expense of investment in renewable energy sources. He was elected to a second term as ANC national chairperson in December 2022, by then an important political ally of President Ramaphosa, and he remains a member of the SACP Central Committee.
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brought him into competition with the incumbent Secretary-General, GwedeMantashe, who was a close ally of Zuma's. By June 2011, there were reports that...
maladministration in the South African mining sector, ANC secretary-general GwedeMantashe announced at the beginning of 2013 that mining companies misrepresenting...
secretary general GwedeMantashe and cabinet minister Lindiwe Sisulu made public statements undermining Madonsela and her report, with Mantashe calling it a...
the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy. The current minister is GwedeMantashe, who was appointed to the position when the portfolios were reunified...
of the group sometimes called the "Chris Hani cabal". Also including GwedeMantashe, Oscar Mabuyane, and Mondli Gungubele, this group was from the Eastern...
state capture and the Gupta family. In May 2016, ANC Secretary-General GwedeMantashe said that it would be a "fruitless" exercise for the party to continue...
approval. Many questioned the timing of the questions sent including GwedeMantashe, the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC). Gordhan...
Johannesburg in June. On the recommendation of ANC secretary general GwedeMantashe, Mofokeng agreed to affirm the results of the election held in April...
and Mantashe being investigated are false‚ Hawks say". Sunday Times. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2022. "Hawks gun for GwedeMantashe, Mcebisi...
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including four ministers (Zizi Kodwa, Malusi Gigaba, David Mahlobo, and GwedeMantashe) who were implicated in a corruption investigation into the administration...
proposed Ramaphosa as ANC president, Senzo Mchunu as his deputy, incumbent GwedeMantashe as party chairperson, Fikile Mbalula as secretary-general, Febe Potgieter...
including four ministers (Zizi Kodwa, Malusi Gigaba, David Mahlobo, and GwedeMantashe) who were implicated in a corruption investigation into the administration...
letter is legit, Magashule has no power to suspend Ramaphosa, says GwedeMantashe". Sunday Times. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021. "Ramaphosa re-elected...
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