Dipuo Peters
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The Honourable Elizabeth Dipuo Peters MP |
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| Minister of Transport | |
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Assumed office 10 July 2013 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Ben Martins |
| Minister of Energy | |
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In office 11 May 2009 – 10 July 2013 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Buyelwa Sonjica |
| Succeeded by | Ben Martins |
| Premier of the Northern Cape | |
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In office 11 May 1998 – 6 May 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Manne Dipico |
| Succeeded by | Hazel Jenkins |
| Personal details | |
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13 May 1960 Kimberley, Northern Cape |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Elizabeth Dipuo Peters (born in Kimberley, Northern Cape on 13 May 1960) is the Minister of Transport of the Republic of South Africa (from 10 July 2013), in the Zuma administration, and former Minister of Energy from 2009-2013 having served as successor to Manne Dipico as the second Premier of the Northern Cape Province, 22 April 2004 to 10 May 2009. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she serves on the Women's League National Executive Committee.
Peters went to school at Tidimalo Junior Secondary and Tshireleco Senior Secondary in Kimberley. She subsequently studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work from the University of the North (1987). She subsequently studied for a Certificate in Development and Public Policy from the University of the Western Cape (1996); a Certificate in Executive Management from the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (2002); and a Certificate in International Policy Management, from Havana, Cuba (2002).
Dipuo Peters joined the Young Christian Students, where her political activism began. She participated in Youth Formations in the church and community. She was Deputy Chairperson of the Women's Forum in AZASO which later became SASCO at the University of the North. In Kimberley she was a member of the Galeshewe Youth Congress, an affiliate of the United Democratic Front (UDF). She worked as a volunteer regional organiser for the South African Domestic Worker's Union, recruiting, organising, educating and counseling domestic workers in the Northern Cape (1987). From 1987 to 1990 Peters was Head of the Women's Department at the South African Youth Congress. In 1990 she joined the African National Congress Youth League as the secretary for Women’s Affairs, having been Woman Organiser of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), 1987 to 1990.
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