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The department fell under the responsibility of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. In 2010 the minister was Senzeni Zokwana. In the 2014 national budget, the department received an appropriation of R6,178 billion rand, [2] and had 5,924 employees as of 2010. [3] In June 2019 government departments were reconfigured.
The department has responsibility for agriculture, food safety, food security, land reform, topographic mapping, cadastral survey, the Deeds Offices, and spatial planning. The political head of the department is the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, who is assisted by two deputy ministers. [1]
Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs may refer to one of the following: Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, a former ministerial position in the Cabinet of South Africa; Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (South Africa), a South African government department formerly called the Department of Agriculture
The building was designed by architect Gordon Leith. During the 1980s, new municipal offices were opened alongside the building. Even after municipal government changes in 2000 and its 2011 reclassification, the local government has continued to use the town hall. On June 21, 2017, vandals set the building on fire.
Welkom is connected to Kroonstad to the north-east by the R730 and the R34. It is also connected to Brandfort and Bloemfontein in the south and to Bothaville and Klerksdorp in the north by the R30. Welkom is connected to Bultfontein to the south-west by the R710 and to Virginia and Winburg in the south-east by the R73.
The building in December 2011 Historic photo of the building The legislative chamber in December 2011. The Fourth Raadsaal (Afrikaans: "Vierde Raadsaal") is a historic building in Bloemfontein, South Africa, which serves as the meeting place of the Free State Provincial Legislature, the legislature of the Free State.
The government Department of Agriculture accepted responsibility for agricultural training at the college from 1973. A significant addition to the academic courses given in this period was a diploma in cellar technology, making the college, since 1976, a major training institution for South African winemakers.
The agriculture portfolio was created in the 2024 cabinet reorganisation after the re-election of President Cyril Ramaphosa as part of the government of national unity. The current minister of agriculture is John Steenhuisen.