FILE PHOTO: Opposition Democratic Alliance party leader John Steenhuisen speaks at South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG, June 30 (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the Democratic Alliance party’s leader John Steenhuisen as agriculture minister in his new cabinet, Ramaphosa said in a televised address to the nation on Sunday.

Ramaphosa reappointed the African National Congress’s Enoch Godongwana as finance minister and named Gwede Mantashe as mineral and petroleum resources minister, while Ronald Lamola was appointed minister of international relations and cooperation.

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(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya, Tannur Anders and Alexander Winning)