Eugène Ney Terre'Blanche was an Afrikaner nationalist who founded and led the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging. Prior to founding the AWB,Terre'Blanche served as a South African Police officer,was a farmer,and was an unsuccessful Herstigte Nasionale Party candidate for local office in the Transvaal. He was a major figure in the right-wing backlash against the collapse of apartheid. His beliefs and philosophy have continued to be influential amongst white supremacists in South Africa and across the world.
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor is a South African politician,educator and academic serving as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since 2019. She has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress (ANC) since 1994.
Angela Thokozile Didiza is a South African politician who is currently serving as Minister of Agriculture,Land Reform and Rural Development since May 2019. A member of the African National Congress (ANC),she was the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs from June 1999 to May 2006 and Minister of Public Works from May 2006 to September 2008.
Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Speaker of the National Assembly since August 2021. She was a cabinet minister from 2004 to 2021,including as Minister of Defence and Military Veterans between June 2012 and August 2021. She was an elected member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) between 2002 and 2022 and is a former president of the ANC Women's League.
Dirk Cornelis du Toit was the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs of the Republic of South Africa from 1999 to 2009.
Matsie Angelina "Angie" Motshekga is a South African politician and educator,serving as the Minister of Basic Education since May 2009. She was also appointed as an acting president of the Republic of South Africa on 2 July 2021,as President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the state funeral of Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia. She was previously a Member of the Executive Council in the Gauteng provincial government. Motshekga is a member of the African National Congress. She is a former president of the party's women's league.
Zanele Muholi is a South African artist and visual activist working in photography,video,and installation. Muholi's work focuses on race,gender and sexuality with a body of work that dates back to the early 2000's,documenting and celebrating the lives of South Africa's Black lesbian,gay,transgender,and intersex communities. Muholi is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns,explaining that "I'm just human".
Bathabile Dlamini is a South African politician who was the President of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League from 2015 to 2022. She was previously the Minister in the Presidency for Women from 2018 to 2019 and the Minister of Social Development from 2010 to 2018.
Lindiwe Daphney Zulu is a South African politician and communications strategist who is currently serving as Minister of Social Development. Before her appointment to that office in May 2019,she was the Minister of Small Business Development from 2014 to 2019.
Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize was a South African politician who served as Minister of Higher Education and Training and Minister of Home Affairs under President Jacob Zuma. A member of the National Assembly and national executive since May 2009,she was Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women,Youth and Persons with Disabilities when she died in September 2021.
Pinky Sharon Kekana is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister in the Presidency. She was first appointed to the national executive in February 2018 when President Cyril Ramaphosa named her as Deputy Minister of Communications,an office she held until she was appointed to her current position in August 2021.
Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She has been the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since May 2019,and she formerly served as Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform from 2014 to 2019.
Pamela Tshwete is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. She is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Human Settlements since August 2021. She has been a member of the National Assembly since 2002 and a deputy minister since 2013.
Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya is a South African politician and former trade unionist who was the inaugural Minister of Women,Youth,Children and People with Disabilities from May 2009 to October 2010. Before that,she was the first woman president of the National Education,Health and Allied Workers' Union from 2004 to 2009.
Jane Manganye is a South African politician who has served as a member of the South African National Assembly since May 2019,and previously from May 2009 to May 2014. She was the deputy speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature from May 2014 to May 2019. Manganye is a member of the African National Congress.
Thembisile Angel Khanyile is a South African politician who is a member of the National Assembly of South Africa representing the Democratic Alliance. She is currently the Shadow Minister of Home Affairs. Khanyile had previously served as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.
Matthews Johannes Wolmarans is a South African politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. A member of the African National Congress,he previously served in the assembly between 2017 and 2019. Wolmarans is also a former mayor of the Rustenburg Local Municipality.
Dikeledi Phillistus Magadzi is a South African African National Congress politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2014 until 2023. She served as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Transport from 2014 to 2019,as Deputy Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2021 and as Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation from 2021 until 2023. Magadzi had previously served as a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) in the Limpopo Provincial Government.
David Mtheteleli Dali was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2009. A former Umkhonto we Sizwe operative,he subsequently served as a special adviser to Lulu Xingwana,the Minister of Women,Children and People with Disabilities,from 2009 until June 2012,when he was shot dead on his farm in the Eastern Cape.
Makhosazana Abigail Alicia "Makho" Njobe is a South African politician who served in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2014,excepting a brief hiatus in 2009. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) until January 2009,when she defected to the breakaway Congress of the People (COPE). She represented COPE for her final term from 2009 to 2014. From 2009 onwards,she served the Eastern Cape constituency.
