Department of Traditional Affairs

Department of Traditional Affairs
Department overview
Formed	December 1, 2009
Preceding department	Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs;
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	Pencardia 1, 509 Pretorius Street, Arcadia, Pretoria; 25.747°S 28.205°E
Employees	95 (2018/19)
Annual budget	R173.4 million (2020/21)
Minister responsible	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs;
Deputy Minister responsible	Obed Bapela; Thembi Nkadimeng, Deputy Minister of Traditional Affairs;
Website	www.cogta.gov.za?services=department-of-traditional-affairs-dta

The Department of Traditional Affairs (DTA) is a department of the South African government, responsible for overseeing the traditional leadership of South Africa's indigenous communities. Along with the Department of Cooperative Governance, it is within the political responsibility of the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), who is assisted by a Deputy Minister of Traditional Affairs. As of August 2020 the minister is Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and her deputies are Obed Bapela and Thembi Nkadimeng.

In the 2020 budget, R173.4 million was appropriated for the department. In the 2018/19 financial year it had 95 employees.

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