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Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

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Throughout the post-apartheid era, forestry and fisheries had not been handled by the environment portfolio, but instead were the responsibility of the
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The office was established in its current form in May 2019. Before then, the environment minister had a smaller portfolio between 2014 and 2019 as the
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and gave it the water affairs function, creating the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs. However, with the appointment of Zuma's
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assigned forestry and fisheries to the environment portfolio, creating the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.
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on 25 May 2014, this portfolio was bifurcated, creating the dedicated Ministry of Environmental Affairs to oversee the
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It has been described as one of the most efficient ministries in South Africa.
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List of ministers responsible for the environment, 1994–present
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The environmental affairs portfolio originated in the
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Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Afrikaans
Southern Ndebele
Xhosa
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Northern Sotho
Sotho
Tswana
Tsonga
Venda

Dion George
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
President of South Africa
Barbara Creecy
Narend Singh
Bernice Swarts
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environment minister
Cabinet of South Africa
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
apartheid
Nelson Mandela
Ministry of Tourism
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
his first cabinet
Jacob Zuma
Ministry of Tourism

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