OVG Leadership

Angela Thokozile Didiza is currently a Member of Parliament (MP), serving as Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development in the sixth administration under the leadership of President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa.

She has recently been elected as the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Ministerial Specialised Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment.

Educational qualifications

She earned a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA) in 2007, and a Masters Degree in Tertiary Education Management from the University of Melbourne in Australia in 2008.

Ministerial positions

1994–1999: Served as the first woman Deputy Minister of Agriculture during the late President Nelson Mandela’s tenure.

1999–2004: Appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs.

2004–2006: Continued in the same portfolio as Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs—it was during this term of office that Didiza convened the National Land Summit in 2005 involving a wide range of stakeholders to reflect on South Africa’s land reform policies.

2006–2008: Honourable Didiza was appointed as the Minister of Public Works.

Other career positions and activities

Honourable Didiza was re-elected as a Member of Parliament in the fifth administration and appointed as the House Chairperson: Internal Arrangements.

In 2016, she was elected as the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Africa Region.

Prior to becoming an MP, Minister Didiza worked in a number of organisations in various capacities such as:

– Legal Secretary at Mafika Mbuli.

– Programme Officer at Diakonia.

– 1989–1992: Youth Co-ordinator of South African Council of Young Women Christian Association (YWCA).

– 1992–1994: Secretary-General of the Women’s National Coalition that produced the Women’s Charter for Effective Equality; which was tabled in the first Parliament of South Africa.

– 2005: Young Global Leader named by the World Economic Foundation.

– 2011–2014: Project Consultant at the University of South Africa responsible for the establishment of the Archie Mafeje Research Institute on Applied Social Policy.

Board membership

Minister Didiza serves on the board of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation and Ohlange Institute.

Politics

She has served as a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Working Committee (NWC) of the African National Congress from 1997–2007 and was re-elected in 2012 to date.

Mcebisi Skwatsha  is currently a Member of Parliament (MP) and serves as a Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development in the sixth administration under the leadership of President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa.

Educational qualifications

He earned an Honours in Leadership and Governance, and a Post Graduate Diploma with a Degree.

Other career positions and activities

He is a former ANC secretary and Chairperson in the Western Cape.

Past Committee Membership

• PICC
• PC on Rural Development

Political ideas

To pursue the goals of the national democratic revolution, to liberate black people in general and Africans in particular.

Rosemary Nokuzola Capa is currently a Member of Parliament (MP), serving as Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development in the sixth administration under the leadership of President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa.

Educational qualifications

She holds a Masters (Health Science) Hawksbury – Sydney

Other career positions and activities

Following the general election of 8 May 2019, Ms Capa returned to parliament on 22 May 2019. On 29 May 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed her Deputy Minister of Small Business Development. She was sworn in the next day.

Past Committee Membership

Chair – PC on Social Dev

Political ideas

The country must be integrated and peaceful. Wish for stability, unity, economic viability and equality for everyone.

Motlatso Maloka started working as a Candidate Valuer in 1995 at the City of Johannesburg, and was later promoted to the position of Manager in Valuations, which coincided with the promulgation of the Municipal Rates Act. She worked for CoJ for 17 years.

She then joined the then Department of Rural Development and Land Reform as a Director in 2012 at the time when the Property Valuation Act was enacted and promulgated to effect the establishment of the Office of the Valuer-General. She was then transferred to the OVG as a Senior Manager to assist with the establishment of the entity. She was subsequently appointed into an acting role of the Acting Valuer-General in 2019.

Motlatso Maloka is a Professional Registered Valuer with the SACPVP. She is also a member of the South African Institute of Valuations (SAIV) wherein she has served as a Committee Member from 2011 to date. Motlatso holds a National Diploma in real Estate from Unisa (University of South Africa) and a BSc[Hons] in Real Estate from UCEM (University College of Estate Management).

Ms. Maloka is currently studying MBA at Henley Business School.