Thabang Makwetla | |
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 Makwetla in October 2009 | |
| Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans | |
| In office 29 May 2019 – 19 June 2024 | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Minister | Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Thandi Modise |
| Preceded by | Kebby Maphatsoe |
| Succeeded by | Richard Mkhungo Bantu Holomisa |
| Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services | |
| In office 25 May 2014 – 29 May 2019 Serving with John Jeffery | |
| Preceded by | John Jeffery |
| Succeeded by | Patekile Holomisa |
| Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans | |
| In office 11 May 2009 – 25 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Fezile Bhengu |
| Succeeded by | Kebby Maphatsoe |
| 3rd Premier of Mpumalanga | |
| In office 21 April 2004 – 10 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Ndaweni Mahlangu |
| Succeeded by | David Mabuza |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thabang Samson Phathakge Makwetla 18 May 1957 Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Residence(s) | Bramley Gardens, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Alma mater | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the University of the Witwatersrand |
| Occupation | |
Thabang Sampson Makwetla (/məˈkwɛtlə/, born 18 May 1957) is a South African politician who was the third Premier of Mpumalanga between 2004 and 2009. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he went on to serve as a deputy minister in the South African government from 2009 to 2024; he was the Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans from 2019 to 2024 and earlier from 2009 to 2014, and in the interim he was Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services from 2014 to 2019.