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Lindiwe Sisulu

The Honourable
Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
MP
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Lindiwe Sisulu, 2009
Minister of Human Settlements
Assumed office
26 May 2014
President Jacob Zuma
Preceded by Connie September
Minister of Public Service and Administration
In office
12 June 2012 – 25 May 2014
President Jacob Zuma
Preceded by Roy Padayachie
Succeeded by Collins Chabane
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
In office
10 May 2009 – 12 June 2012
President Jacob Zuma
Preceded by Charles Nqakula
Succeeded by Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Minister of Housing
In office
29 April 2004 – 10 May 2009
President Thabo Mbeki
Kgalema Motlanthe
Preceded by Rob Davies
Succeeded by Tokyo Sexwale
Minister of Intelligence
In office
24 January 2001 – 28 April 2004
President Thabo Mbeki
Preceded by Joe Nhlanhla
Succeeded by Ronnie Kasrils
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
1996–2001
President Nelson Mandela
Thabo Mbeki
Personal details
Born (1954-05-10) 10 May 1954 (age 62)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Religion Roman Catholic

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu (born 10 May 1954) is a South African politician, member of parliament since 1994, and member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress. She served as Minister of Housing from 2004 to 2009,Minister of Defence and Military Veterans from 2009 to 2012, currently serving as Minister of Human Settlements since May 2014 and former Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2012–2014. Sisulu returned to her former portfolio of Human Settlements (Housing) in 2014.

Sisulu was born to ANC leaders Walter and Albertina Sisulu in Johannesburg. She is the sister of journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu and politician Max Sisulu.

From 1975 to 1976 Sisulu was detained for her anti-apartheid activities. During her exile from 1977 to 1979 she joined the military wing of the ANC, Umkhonto we Sizwe, specialising in Intelligence.

In 1973, Lindiwe Sisulu graduated from Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa in Mbabane, Swaziland. In 1980, Sisulu received a BA degree and Diploma in Education, and in 1981 received a BA Hons in History from the University of Swaziland. She also received an MA in History, and in 1989 an MPhil from the Centre for Southern African Studies at the University of York.

In the mid-1980s Sisulu worked as a lecturer at the Mazini Teachers Training College. In 1990 she became the main assistant to Jacob Zuma in the ANC's intelligence services.


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