Rulers: South Africa
Provinces
Provinces 1910-94
Cape
Administrators
31 May 1910 - Dec 1925 Frederic de Waal (from 1911,
Sir Frederic de Waal) (b. 1853 - d. 1932)
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 Allan 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)
1 Jun 1960 - 31 May 1970 Johannes Nicholas Malan (b. 1903 - d. 1981)
1 Jun 1970 - 1975 Andries Heydenrich Vosloo
1975 - 1979 Lourens Albertus Petrus Anderson
Munnik (b. 1925 - d. 2016)
1979 - 1989 Gene Louw (b. 1931 - d. 2015)
1989 - 1994 Kobus Meiring (b. 1936)
Natal
Administrators
1910 - 1918 Charles John Smythe (b. 1852 - d. 1918)
1918 - 1928 George Thomas Plowman (b. 1858 - d. 1943)
1928 - 1943 Herbert Gordon Watson
1943 - 1944 George Heaton Nicholls (b. 1876 - d. 1959)
1944 - 1948 Douglas Edgar Mitchell
1948 - 1958 Denis Gem Shepstone (b. 1888 - d. 1966)
1958 - Nov 1961 Alfred Ernest Trollip (b. 1895 - d. 1972)
Nov 1961 - 1970 Theo Gerdener (b. 1916 - d. 2013)
Aug 1970 - 1979 Wynand Wilhelm Benjamin Havemann (b. 1911? - d. 1986)
1979 - 1984 Stoffel Botha (b. 1929 - d. 1998)
1984 - 1990 Radclyffe Cadman (b. 1924 - d. 2011)
1990 - 1994 Cornelius Johannes van Rooyen
Botha (b. 1932? - d. 2014)
Orange Free State
Administrators
1910 - 1915 Alfred Ernest William Ramsbottom (b. 1860 - d. 1922)
1915 - 2 Mar 1924 Cornelius Hermanus Wessels
(from 1920, Sir Cornelius
Hermanus Wessels) (b. 1851 - d. 1924)
1924 - 1929 Esaias Reinier Grobler (b. 1861 - d. 1937)
1929 - 14 Nov 1936 Carl Theodorus Muller Wilcocks (b. 1861 - d. 1936)
1938 - 1940 Johannes Frederik Janse van
Rensburg (b. 1898 - d. 1966)
1941 - 1950 Stephanus Philippus Barnard (b. 1888 - d. 1951)
1951 - Dec 1959 Jacobus Johannes Fouché (b. 1898 - d. 1980)
Dec 1959 - 1969 Johannes Willem Jacobus Coetzee
du Plessis
1969 - 1974 Gabriel François van Lingen
Froneman (b. 1909 - d. 1981)
1974 - 1979 Abraham Cornelis van Wyk
1979 - 1980 Cornelius Visser van der Merwe (b. 1920 - d. 1985)
1980 - 1991 Louis Johannes Botha (b. 1939 - d. 1999)
1991 - 1994 Louis van der Watt
Transvaal
Administrators
1910 - 1917 Johann Friedrich Bernhard Rissik (b. 1857 - d. 1925)
1917 - 1924 Alfred George Robertson (b. 1867 - d. 1929)
1924 - 1929 Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (b. 1894 - d. 1948)
1929 - 1934 Jacobus Stephanus Smit (b. 1878 - d. 1960)
1934 - 1938 Simon Potgieter Bekker (b. 1882 - d. 1938)
1938 - 1948 Jacobus Johannes Pienaar (b. 1866 - d. 1950)
1948 - 1958 William Nicol (b. 1887 - d. 1967)
1958 - 1966 Frans Hendrik Odendaal (b. 1898 - d. 1966)
1966 - 1979 Sybrand van Niekerk (b. 1914 - d. 2011)
Jul 1979 - 1988 Willem Adriaan Cruywagen (b. 1921 - d. 2013)
1988 - 1994 Danie Hough (b. 1937)
Provinces from 1994
Eastern Cape
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 4 Feb 1997 Raymond Mhlaba (b. 1920 - d. 2005)
4 Feb 1997 - 26 Apr 2004 Makhenkesi Stofile (b. 1944 - d. 2016)
26 Apr 2004 - 31 Jul 2008 Nosimo Balindlela (f) (b. 1949)
31 Jul 2008 - 6 May 2009 Mbulelo Sogoni (b. 1966)
6 May 2009 - 21 May 2014 Noxolo Kiviet (f) (b. 1963)
21 May 2014 - 22 May 2019 Phumulo Masualle
22 May 2019 - Oscar Mabuyane (b. 1974)
Free State
28 Jun 1995 Orange Free State renamed Free State
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 18 Dec 1996 Mosiuoa Lekota (b. 1948)
18 Dec 1996 - 15 Jun 1999 Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (f) (b. 1937 - d. 2009)
15 Jun 1999 - 26 Apr 2004 Winkie Direko (f) (b. 1929 - d. 2012)
26 Apr 2004 - 6 May 2009 Beatrice Marshoff (f) (b. 1957)
6 May 2009 - 27 Mar 2018 Ace Magashule (b. 1959)
27 Mar 2018 - 24 Feb 2023 Sefora Ntombela (f) (b. 1956?)
24 Feb 2023 - Mxolisi Dukwana
Gauteng
28 Jun 1995 Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging province renamed Gauteng
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 19 Jan 1998 Tokyo Sexwale (b. 1953)
19 Jan 1998 - 15 Jun 1999 Mathole Motshekga (b. 1949)
15 Jun 1999 - 7 Oct 2008 Mbhazima Shilowa (b. 1958)
7 Oct 2008 - 6 May 2009 Paul Mashatile (b. 1961)
6 May 2009 - 21 May 2014 Nomvula Mokonyane (f) (b. 1963)
21 May 2014 - 6 Oct 2022 David Makhura (b. 1968)
6 Oct 2022 - Panyaza Lesufi (b. 1968)
KwaZulu-Natal
Premiers
11 May 1994 - 1 Mar 1997 Frank Mdlalose (b. 1931 - d. 2021)
1 Mar 1997 - 10 Feb 1999 Ben Ngubane (b. 1941 - d. 2021)
(acting to 19 Mar 1997)
10 Feb 1999 - 23 Apr 2004 Lionel Mtshali (b. 1935 - d. 2015)
23 Apr 2004 - 6 May 2009 S'bu Ndebele (b. 1948)
6 May 2009 - 22 Aug 2013 Zweli Mkhize (b. 1956)
22 Aug 2013 - 24 May 2016 Senzo Mchunu (b. 1958)
(acting to 26 Sep 2013)
24 May 2016 - 22 May 2019 Willies Mchunu (b. 1948)
(acting to 25 May 2016)
22 May 2019 - 10 Aug 2022 Sihle Zikalala (b. 1973)
10 Aug 2022 - Nomusa Dube-Ncube (f)
Limpopo
28 Jun 1995 Northern Transvaal province renamed Northern
14 Feb 2002 name change to Limpopo announced
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 22 Apr 2004 Ngoako Ramatlhodi (b. 1955)
22 Apr 2004 - 26 Apr 2004 Catherine Mabuza (f) (acting) (b. 1945)
26 Apr 2004 - 3 Mar 2009 Sello Moloto (b. 1964)
3 Mar 2009 - 18 Jul 2013 Cassel Mathale (b. 1961)
(acting to 24 Mar 2009)
18 Jul 2013 - Stanley Mathabatha (b. 1957)
Mpumalanga
25 Aug 1995 Eastern Transvaal province renamed Mpumalanga
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 15 Jun 1999 Mathews Phosa (b. 1952)
15 Jun 1999 - 30 Apr 2004 Ndaweni Mahlangu (b. 1948)
30 Apr 2004 - 6 May 2009 Thabang Makwetla (b. 1957)
6 May 2009 - 27 Feb 2018 David Mabuza (b. 1960)
27 Feb 2018 - Refilwe Mtshweni (f) (b. 1972?)
(acting to 20 Mar 2018)
North West
11 May 2018 - under national administration
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 30 Apr 2004 Popo Molefe (b. 1952)
30 Apr 2004 - 6 May 2009 Edna Molewa (f) (b. 1957 - d. 2018)
6 May 2009 - 19 Nov 2010 Maureen Modiselle (f) (b. 1941)
19 Nov 2010 - 21 May 2014 Thandi Modise (f) (b. 1959)
21 May 2014 - 23 May 2018 Supra Mahumapelo (b. 1968)
22 Jun 2018 - Job Mokgoro (b. 1948)
Northern Cape
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 30 Apr 2004 Manne Dipico (b. 1959)
30 Apr 2004 - 6 May 2009 Dipuo Peters (f) (b. 1960)
6 May 2009 - 23 May 2013 Hazel Jenkins (f) (b. 1960)
20 Feb 2012 - 30 Apr 2013 Grizelda Cjiekella (f) (b. 1970 - d. 2015)
(acting for Jenkins)
30 Apr 2013 - 22 May 2019 Sylvia Lucas (f) (b. 1964)
(acting for Jenkins to 23 May 2013)
22 May 2019 - Zamani Saul (b. 1971?)
Western Cape
Premiers
7 May 1994 - 11 May 1998 Hernus Kriel (b. 1941 - d. 2015)
11 May 1998 - 12 Nov 2001 Gerald Morkel (b. 1941 - d. 2018)
12 Nov 2001 - 5 Dec 2001 Cecil Herandien (acting) (b. 1951)
5 Dec 2001 - 3 Jun 2002 Peter Marais (b. 1948)
3 Jun 2002 - 21 Jun 2002 Piet Meyer (acting) (b. 1940 - d. 2020)
21 Jun 2002 - 23 Apr 2004 Marthinus van Schalkwyk (b. 1959)
23 Apr 2004 - 30 Apr 2004 Leonard Ramatlakane (acting) (b. 1953)
30 Apr 2004 - 25 Jul 2008 Ebrahim Rasool (b. 1962)
25 Jul 2008 - 6 May 2009 Lynne Brown (f) (b. 1961)
6 May 2009 - 22 May 2019 Helen Zille (f) (b. 1951)
22 May 2019 - Alan Winde (b. 1965)