Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
Public Entity · Economic Infrastructure and Development · reports to Department of Agriculture (DoA)
The Agricultural Research Council is the principal agricultural research institution in South Africa, established under the Agricultural Research Act, 1990 (Act No. 86 of 1990).
Its mandate is to conduct research, drive technology development and transfer knowledge in order to promote agriculture and industry, contribute to a better quality of life, and facilitate natural resource conservation.
It operates a network of research campuses and experimental farms covering field crops, horticulture, animal production, veterinary science, soil, climate and water, and agricultural engineering. Its Onderstepoort Veterinary Research campus works on animal diseases including foot and mouth disease and African horse sickness, and it maintains national genebanks for plant and animal genetic resources. It reports to the Department of Agriculture.
Audit record, 5 years
Financial highlights, 2024/25
- Total Revenue
- R2.1bn
- Total Expenditure
- −R1.8bn
- Total Assets
- R4.3bn
- Total Liabilities
- R1.1bn
Values in rand. Sparklines run oldest to newest and are scaled to each series, not to zero.
Leadership, 20 listed
- Chairperson
- Dr Joyene Isaacs
- Deputy Chairperson
- Dr Konanani Liphadzi
- Council Members
- Mr Goodman Gcaba Dr Troy Govender Dr Owen Horwood Dr Hilke Maartens Dr Pieter Naude Malan Mr Neo Harrison Masithela Dr Poncho Mokaila Ms Clarinda Elizabeth Simpson Dr Jonty Tshipa
- Chief Executive Officer
- Dr Litha Magingxa
- Chief Financial Officer
- Mr Abdul Carim
- Senior Management
- Dr Petronella Chaminuka Dr Andrew Magadlela Ms Mantati Makumbila Dr Linda Mtwisha Dr Yolisa Pakela-Jezile Dr Tebogo Sethibe
- Communications Officers
- Ms Joy Peter
Description written for this directory from the entity’s own published sources: www.arc.agric.za, www.gov.za