Mcebisi Skwatsha

The Honourable
Mcebisi Skwatsha
MP
The Honourable Mcebisi Skwatsha MP
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
	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
Premier
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
Deputy
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	July 31, 1964 (age 60)
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.