Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 May 2019
Serving with Rosemary Capa and Sdumo Dlamini
President
Cyril Ramaphosa
Minister
Thoko Didiza
Preceded by
Portfolio established
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2014
Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
In office 26 May 2014 – 7 May 2019
Serving with Candith Mashego-Dlamini
President
Cyril Ramaphosa Jacob Zuma
Minister
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Gugile Nkwinti
Preceded by
Pam Tshwete
Succeeded by
Portfolio abolished
Provincial offices 2004–2014
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
In office 26 April 2004 – 6 May 2014
Western Cape Provincial Minister of Transport and Public Works
In office April 2004 – July 2005
Premier
Ebrahim Rasool
Succeeded by
Marius Fransman
Party offices 1998–2009
Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress in the Western Cape
In office September 2008 – July 2009
Deputy
Lynne Brown
Preceded by
James Ngculu
Succeeded by
Marius Fransman
Provincial Secretary of the African National Congress in the Western Cape
In office April 1998 – September 2008
Deputy
Marius Fransman Max Ozinsky
Chairperson
Ebrahim Rasool James Ngculu
Preceded by
James Ngculu
Succeeded by
Sipho Kroma
Personal details
Born
(1964-07-31) July 31, 1964 (age 59)
Political party
African National Congress
Alma mater
University of the Western Cape
Mcebisi Skwatsha (born 31 July 1964) is a politician from the Western Cape. He is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development since May 2019. Before that portfolio was established, he was Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform from 2014 to 2019.
Skwatsha is a teacher by training and a former student activist. He rose to prominence as the Provincial Secretary of the Western Cape branch of the African National Congress (ANC), an office he held between 1998 and 2008. He went on to become ANC Provincial Chairperson from September 2008 until July 2009, when his leadership corps was disbanded by the national ANC. During this period, Skwatsha represented the ANC in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from 2004 to 2014, and he was Provincial Minister of Transport and Public Works from 2004 to 2005.
He joined the National Assembly in the 2014 general election and in the aftermath was appointed as a deputy minister by President Jacob Zuma. He was also a member of the ANC National Executive Committee from 2012 to 2017.
McebisiSkwatsha (born 31 July 1964) is a politician from the Western Cape. He is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform...
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says no". Africa Confidential. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 29 November 2022. "Skwatsha: Leather jacket saved my life". The Mail & Guardian. 13 June 2008. Retrieved...
John Jeffery October 2013 – present Deputy Minister of Land Reform McebisiSkwatsha May 2014 – present Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy...
provincial chairperson in June 2005 with the backing of McebisiSkwatsha's Africanist faction, but Skwatsha unseated him in September 2008 after the pair fell...
Chairperson of the Western Cape African National Congress. The incumbent, McebisiSkwatsha, decided to stand down. Fransman was unanimously elected chairperson...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. Sdumo Dlamini and McebisiSkwatsha were appointed as her deputies. Her appointment was broadly welcomed...
Union / Commission & Ilitha Labantu - Community Development Official McebisiSkwatsha – ANC NEC member "2017 NSC: Thousands of matrics attend WCED spring...
rival, provincial secretary McebisiSkwatsha. In May 2005, Skwatsha's ally, Max Ozinsky, chaired a meeting of the pro-Skwatsha camp which devised a slate...
suffocation torture that Yengeni had been subjected to. Yengeni's comrade McebisiSkwatsha volunteered to act as the prisoner in the re-enactment. Later in the...
appointment as the 5th Premier of the Western Cape in April 2004. McebisiSkwatsha succeeded him as Provincial Chairperson. On 14 July 2008, Rasool was...
was replaced by Lynne Brown. The provincial leader of the ANC was McebisiSkwatsha. The official opposition in the Western Cape after the 2004 elections...
were appointed – one incumbent, Chris Stali, was fired, and another, McebisiSkwatsha, had resigned to take up the full-time position of Provincial Secretary...
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Ramaphosa Inaugural holder Gugile Nkwinti Formation 11 May 2009 Deputy McebisiSkwatsha Candith Mashego-Dlamini Website Department of Agriculture, Land Reform...
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Provincial Chairperson Ebrahim Rasool in his leadership battle with McebisiSkwatsha. After Skwatsha won the leadership election, Madikizela and some of Rasool's...
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Cape Province. During apartheid, he was recruited into the ANC by McebisiSkwatsha and became an underground operative for Umkhonto we Sizwe. After the...
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