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The Department of Energy is the department of the South African government responsible for energy policy. It was established in 2009 when the former Department of Minerals and Energy was divided into the Department of Energy and the Department of Mineral Resources.From 2012 to 2014, the Minister of Energy was Ben Martins and his deputy was Barbara Thompson. Tina Joemat-Pettersson MP has been the Minister of Energy since 25 May 2014. She was previously the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries from 2009-2014. After Tine Joemat-Petterson was asked to leave, Mmamoloko Kubayi was appointed and is currently the minister of this department.In the 2016/2017 budget the department had a budget of R7,545 million and a staff complement of 622 civil servants.