Mcebisi Skwatsha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 29 May 2019 – 19 June 2024 Serving with Rosemary Capa and Sdumo Dlamini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister | Thoko Didiza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Portfolio established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the National Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 21 May 2014 – 28 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 31, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.