Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (born September 18, 1937 in Kroonstad , † April 6, 2009 in Pretoria ) was a South African politician.
Life
She earned her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Fort Hare in Alice , Eastern Cape, before taking a teaching job in Natal accepted. Shortly afterwards she went into exile in Swaziland , Zambia , USA and Namibia before returning to South Africa in 1990. During her stay in the USA, she graduated as a Ph.D. in Sociology from Rutgers University .
From 1993 to 1996 she was chairman of the South African broadcasting company SABC . She was the first woman and the first black woman to fill this position. Matsepe-Casaburri was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and was Prime Minister of the Free State Province from December 18, 1996 to June 15, 1999 . Here, too, she was the first woman in this role. Since 1999 she has served as Minister of Communications in the South African Government ( Cabinet Mbeki I , Cabinet Mbeki II and Cabinet Motlanthe ).
On September 25, 2008 - after Thabo Mbeki's resignation and before Kgalema Motlanthe was elected - she ran the business of the President for about half a day.
Web links
- Who's Who of Southern Africa: Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri . on whoswho.co.za (English; archive version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Death report at int.iol.co.za, April 7, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matsepe-Casaburri, Ivy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kroonstad |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2009 |
| Place of death | Pretoria |