Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (South Africa)

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South Africa
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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Incumbent
Thoko Didiza

since 27 May 2019 as Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Appointer Cyril Ramaphosa
Inaugural holder Tina Joemat-Peterson
Formation10 May 2009
Final holder Senzeni Zokwana
Deputy Mcebisi Skwatsha, Sdumo Dlamini
Salary R2,211,937 [1]
Website Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was a Minister of the Cabinet of South Africa, with political executive responsibility for the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and for the Agricultural Research Council, the National Agricultural Marketing Council, Onderstepoort Biological Products, the Perishable Products Export Control Board, and Ncera Farms. [2]

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The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries portfolio was created in the 2009 cabinet reorganization after the election of President Jacob Zuma; the Minister inherited the responsibility for agriculture from the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, the responsibility for fisheries from the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and the responsibility for forestry from the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry. The first Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was Tina Joemat-Peterson and her deputy was Pieter Mulder. The last Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was Senzeni Zokwana with Sfiso Buthelezi as his deputy, since the portfolio was changed again in May 2019. [3]

List of Past Ministers

Minister of Agriculture, 1910-1933

NamePortraitTermPartyPrime Minister
Louis Botha Louis Botha.png 31 May 191028 June 1912 SAP Louis Botha
(I) (II)
J.W. Sauer Jacobus W Sauer - Cape Colony Liberal MP.png 28 June 191224 July 1913
Louis Botha Louis Botha.png 19131913
H.C. van Heerden 191320 March 1920
F.S. Malan
Smuts Cabinet 1923.jpg
20 March 19208 February 1921 SAP Jan Smuts
(I) (II)
Deneys Reitz Deneys Reitz.jpg 8 February 192119 June 1924
Jan Kemp Jan Kemp.jpg 19 June 192417 May 1933 NP J.B.M. Hertzog
(I) (II)

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, 1933-1948

NamePortraitTermPartyPrime Minister
Jan Kemp Jan Kemp.jpg 19341935 UP J.B.M. Hertzog
(III) (IV)
Deneys Reitz Deneys Reitz.jpg 193518 May 1938
W.R. Collins
SA Cabinet 1939.jpg
18 May 193817 July 1943
Jan Smuts
(takes office after Hertzog resignation)
J.G.N. Strauss KoosStrauss.jpg 17 July 194326 May 1948 UP Jan Smuts
(III)

Minister of Agriculture, 1948-1958

NamePortraitTermPartyPrime Minister
S.P. le Roux SP le Roux.jpg 26 May 194816 April 1958 HNP D.F. Malan
(I) (II)

Minister of Water Affairs and Agricultural Technical Services, 1958-1966

NamePortraitTermPartyPrime Minister
P.K. le Roux PK le Roux.jpg 16 April 195830 March 1966 NP Strydom
(I)
Hendrik Verwoerd
(takes office after Strydom's death)

Minister of Agriculture and Water Affairs, 1966-1968

NamePortraitTermPartyPrime Minister
J.J. Fouché Jacobus Johannes Fouche 1968.jpg 30 March 196610 April 1968 NP Hendrik Verwoerd
(II)
B.J. Vorster
(takes office after Verwoerd's death)

Minister of Agriculture, 1968-1981

NamePortraitTermPartyPrime Minister
D.C.H. Uys 10 April 19681972 NP B.J. Vorster
(I) (II) (III)
Hendrik Schoeman 197229 April 1981

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1981-1982

NamePortraitTermPartyPrime Minister
Pietie du Plessis 29 April 19811982 NP P.W. Botha
(I)

Minister of Agriculture, 1982-1991

NamePortraitTermPartyPresident (since 1984)
J.J.G. Wentzel 19826 September 1989 NP P.W. Botha
(I) (II)
Jacob de Villiers 6 September 19891991 NP F.W. de Klerk
(I)

Minister of Agriculture and Development, 1991-1994

NamePortraitTermPartyPresident
Kraai van Niekerk 199110 May 1994 NP F.W. de Klerk
(I)

Minister of Agriculture, 1994-1996

NamePortraitTermPartyPresident
Kraai van Niekerk 10 May 19941996 NP Nelson Mandela
(Government of National Unity)

Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, 1996-2009

NamePortraitTermPartyPresident
Derek Hanekom Derek Hanekom-IMG 1037.jpg 199614 June 1999 ANC Nelson Mandela
(Government of National Unity)
Thoko Didiza 14 June 199922 May 2006 ANC Thabo Mbeki
(I) (II)
Lulama Xingwana Lulu Xingwana 2013 crop.jpg 22 May 20069 May 2009
Kgalema Motlanthe
(takes office after Mbeki resigns)

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 2009-2019

NamePortraitTermPartyPresident
Tina Joemat-Peterson Tina Joemat-Peterson.png 9 May 200924 May 2014 ANC Jacob Zuma
(I) (II)

Cyril Ramaphosa (Feb 2018–)
Senzeni Zokwana 24 May 201429 May 2019

Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, 2019-present

NamePortraitTermPartyPresident
Thoko Didiza 29 May 2019Incumbent ANC Cyril Ramaphosa

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References

  1. "Determination salaries and allowances of the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers Archived 29 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine ", Proclamation No. 3 of 2015.
  2. "DAFF Structure" (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Retrieved 9 October 2009.[ dead link ]
  3. "President Cyril Ramaphosa announces changes to the National Executive" (Press release). Government Communication & Information System. 26 February 2018.