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The minister of agriculture is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa since 2024, when the corresponding department was split from the Department of Agriculture, ...
The political head of the department is the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, who is assisted by two deputy ministers. [1] As of August 2020 the minister is Thoko Didiza, [2] the deputy minister for land reform is Mcebisi Skwatsha, [3] and the deputy minister for rural development is Sdumo Dlamini. [4]
It was responsible for overseeing and supporting South Africa's agricultural sector, as well as ensuring access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food by the country's population. The department fell under the responsibility of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. In 2010 the minister was Senzeni Zokwana.
The minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development was a minister of the Cabinet of South Africa, with political executive responsibility for agriculture, land reform and rural development, as well as for the Agricultural Research Council, the National Agricultural Marketing Council, Onderstepoort Biological Products, the Perishable Products Export Control Board, and Ncera Farms.
The department fell under the responsibility of the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, which for most of the department's existence was Gugile Nkwinti (2010 to 2018). [1] The department's name was commonly abbreviated DRDLR.
An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister for agriculture.
The minister of land reform and rural development is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa.The office was established as the minister of rural development and land reform in May 2009, though it was subsequently merged with the agriculture portfolio under the minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development from 2019 to 2024.
In the 2014 general election, Skwatsha was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament. After the election, President Zuma appointed him as Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform; he was one of two deputy ministers in the portfolio, the other being Candith Mashego-Dlamini. [36]