Mcebisi Skwatsha

Mcebisi Skwatsha
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
In office
29 May 2019 – 19 June 2024
Serving with Rosemary Capa and Sdumo Dlamini
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterThoko Didiza
Preceded byPortfolio 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
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
Jacob Zuma
MinisterMaite Nkoana-Mashabane
Gugile Nkwinti
Preceded byPam Tshwete
Succeeded byPortfolio 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
PremierEbrahim Rasool
Succeeded byMarius Fransman
Party offices
1998–2009
Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress in the Western Cape
In office
September 2008 – July 2009
DeputyLynne Brown
Preceded byJames Ngculu
Succeeded byMarius Fransman
Provincial Secretary of the African National Congress in the Western Cape
In office
April 1998 – September 2008
DeputyMarius Fransman
Max Ozinsky
ChairpersonEbrahim Rasool
James Ngculu
Preceded byJames Ngculu
Succeeded bySipho Kroma
Personal details
Born (1964-07-31) July 31, 1964 (age 60)
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Alma materUniversity 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.