Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is 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.

Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Incumbent
Thoko Didiza

since 29 May 2019
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
AppointerPresident of South Africa
PrecursorMinister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
Formation29 May 2019
DeputyDeputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
SalaryR2,401,633[1]
WebsiteDepartment of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

The Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development portfolio was created in the 2019 cabinet reorganization by President Cyril Ramaphosa; the Minister inherited the responsibility for agriculture from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries The last Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was Senzeni Zokwana with Sfiso Buthelezi as his deputy, before the portfolio was changed in May 2019.[2]

List of agriculture ministers

Minister of Agriculture, 1910-1933

Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
Louis Botha 31 May 1910 28 June 1912 SAP Louis Botha
(I) (II)
J.W. Sauer 28 June 1912 24 July 1913
Louis Botha 1913 1913
H.C. van Heerden 1913 20 March 1920
F.S. Malan
20 March 1920 8 February 1921 SAP Jan Smuts
(I) (II)
Deneys Reitz 8 February 1921 19 June 1924
Jan Kemp 19 June 1924 17 May 1933 NP J.B.M. Hertzog
(I) (II)

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, 1933-1948

Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
Jan Kemp 1934 1935 UP J.B.M. Hertzog
(III) (IV)
Deneys Reitz 1935 18 May 1938
W.R. Collins
18 May 1938 17 July 1943
Jan Smuts
(takes office after Hertzog resignation)
J.G.N. Strauss 17 July 1943 26 May 1948 UP Jan Smuts
(III)

Minister of Agriculture, 1948-1958

Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
S.P. le Roux 26 May 1948 16 April 1958 HNP D.F. Malan
(I) (II)

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

Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
P.K. le Roux 16 April 1958 30 March 1966 NP Strydom
(I)
Hendrik Verwoerd
(takes office after Strydom's death)

Minister of Agriculture and Water Affairs, 1966-1968

Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
J.J. Fouché 30 March 1966 10 April 1968 NP Hendrik Verwoerd
(II)
B.J. Vorster
(takes office after Verwoerd's death)

Minister of Agriculture, 1968-1981

Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
D.C.H. Uys 10 April 1968 1972 NP B.J. Vorster
(I) (II) (III)
Hendrik Schoeman 1972 29 April 1981

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1981-1982

Name Portrait Term Party Prime Minister
Pietie du Plessis 29 April 1981 1982 NP P.W. Botha
(I)

Minister of Agriculture, 1982-1991

Name Portrait Term Party President (since 1984)
J.J.G. Wentzel 1982 6 September 1989 NP P.W. Botha
(I) (II)
Jacob de Villiers 6 September 1989 1991 NP F.W. de Klerk
(I)

Minister of Agriculture and Development, 1991-1994

Name Portrait Term Party President
Kraai van Niekerk 1991 10 May 1994 NP F.W. de Klerk
(I)

Minister of Agriculture, 1994-1996

Name Portrait Term Party President
Kraai van Niekerk 10 May 1994 1996 NP Nelson Mandela
(Government of National Unity)

Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, 1996-2009

Name Portrait Term Party President
Derek Hanekom 1996 14 June 1999 ANC Nelson Mandela
(Government of National Unity)
Thoko Didiza 14 June 1999 22 May 2006 ANC Thabo Mbeki
(I) (II)
Lulama Xingwana 22 May 2006 9 May 2009
Kgalema Motlanthe
(takes office after Mbeki resigns)

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 2009-2019

Name Portrait Term Party President
Tina Joemat-Peterson 9 May 2009 24 May 2014 ANC Jacob Zuma
(I) (II)
Senzeni Zokwana 24 May 2014 29 May 2019
ANC Cyril Ramaphosa (Feb 2018–)

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

Name Portrait Term Party President
Thoko Didiza 29 May 2019 Incumbent ANC Cyril Ramaphosa

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