Rachel Cecilia Adams (born 9 August 1963) is a South African politician from the

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the 1994 South African general election, fir ...

. She has been a member of the

National Assembly of South Africa The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation sy ...

since May 2017, representing the

Northern Cape The Northern Cape ( ; ; ) is the largest and most sparsely populated Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley, South Africa, Kimberley. It includes ...

. She serves as a member of the Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development and the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. A 2023 report by the National Assembly's ethics committee listed Adams as one of the members of parliament who had not received any gifts or hospitality payments from outside sources. In the

2024 South African general election General elections were held in South Africa on 29 May 2024 to elect a new National Assembly (South Africa), National Assembly as well as the Provincial legislature (South Africa), provincial legislature in each of the Provinces of South Africa, ...

, she was 44th on the ANC party list. She was re-elected to Parliament for a second full term.

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1963 births Living people Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2024–2029 African National Congress politicians Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa Politicians from the Northern Cape 21st-century South African women politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024 Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2014–2019 {{NorthernCape-politician-stub