Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
| Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | |
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President of South Africa Acting |
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In office 24 September 2008 – 25 September 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Thabo Mbeki |
| Succeeded by | Kgalema Motlanthe |
| Minister of Communications | |
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In office June 1999 – 6 April 2009 |
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| President | Thabo Mbeki |
| Preceded by | Jay Naidoo |
| Succeeded by | Siphiwe Nyanda |
| Premier of the Free State | |
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In office 18 December 1996 – 15 June 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Mosiuoa Lekota |
| Succeeded by | Winkie Direko |
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18 September 1937 Kroonstad |
| Died | 6 April 2009 (aged 71) Pretoria |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (18 September 1937 – 6 April 2009) was a South African politician. She was South Africa's Minister of Communications from 1999 until her death. She served briefly as South Africa's acting president in 2005, when both President Thabo Mbeki and the Deputy President were outside the country. Furthermore, she was chosen by the cabinet to be the constitutional and official head of state in an interim capacity for 14 hours from 24 until 25 September 2008, between the resignation of Thabo Mbeki and the taking of office by Kgalema Motlanthe. She was the first and to date only woman to have held the post of President in South Africa and the first woman to be head of state of South Africa since Elizabeth II's reign as Queen of South Africa in 1961.
Matsepe-Casaburri was born in Kroonstad in the then Orange Free State province and completed her school career in the Natal Province. She then went on to obtain her Bachelor of Arts degree from Fort Hare University before accepting a teaching position in Natal.
Shortly afterwards Matsepe-Casaburri went into exile; she spent time in Swaziland, Zambia, the United States of America and Namibia before returning home in 1990. While in the United States she obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology from Rutgers University.
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