News24 | Former minister Nobuhle Nkabane elected acting chair of agriculture portfolio committee

Former Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane has been appointed acting chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture.

The position became vacant after Dina Pule was appointed Minister of Social Development last week.

The committee needed a chairperson to sign off on arrangements for its activities in early August, when the National Assembly returns from recess. The chair of chairs, Cedric Frolick, proposed that the committee elect an acting chair in the meantime.

Nkabane, also the ANC’s deputy chief whip, was removed from Cabinet last year. She was elected unopposed during a brief meeting on Wednesday morning.

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