Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi
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The Honourable Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi MP |
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| Deputy Minister of Science and Technology | |
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Assumed office 6 June 2014 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Minister | Naledi Pandor |
| Preceded by | Michael Masutha |
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| Born | 1 February 1962 |
| Political party | National Freedom Party |
Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi is a Member of Parliament and the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of South Africa, appointed on June 5, 2014. She is also President of the National Freedom Party (NFP). Prior to being elected to Parliament, she served for nineteen years as a councillor, fifteen of those years as Mayor of the Zululand District Municipality. She was formerly chairperson of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the IFP's candidate for Premier of KwaZulu-Natal in the 2009 general election.
On 7 May 2014 her new party successfully contested the 2014 South African general elections by receiving 288,742 (1.57%) of the national votes. This outcome placed the NFP in fifth place, winning 6 seats in the National Assembly.
She was reported to have suffered a stroke on 16 November 2014 and was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
Born in rural Makhosini, Magwaza-Msibi is a former school principal who holds a BA degree from the University of Zululand and diplomas (in further education) from the then-University of Natal and (in local government) from the then-University of Durban-Westville.
Having joined the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) as a teenager in 1975, Magwaza-Msibi grew up within the IFP. She first served as branch chairperson in 1976. Thereafter, she joined the executive committee of the Youth and the Women’s Brigade 13 years later (1988). This was followed by the deputy chairperson’s position of the Youth Brigade (1998-2003) and later she became the national secretary of the Women’s Brigade.
Prior to this, she had occupied several senior administrative positions in the local and town councils, and played a leading role in numerous community projects. In 1995, she was the only woman on the executive board of the Nongoma Transitional Local Council. The following year (1996) she became chairperson of the Emakhosini sub-region, which comprised Ulundi and Babanango.
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