The Chevening Scholarship is an international scholarship,funded by the British Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office and partner organizations,that enables foreign students to study at universities in the United Kingdom.
Zweledinga Pallo Jordan is a South African politician. He was a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress,and was a cabinet minister from 1994 until 2009.
Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist who served as the second Premier of the Eastern Cape from 1997 to 2004. After that,he was Minister of Sport and Recreation from 2004 to 2010. He was also a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
Geoffrey Quinton Michael Doidge was a South African politician and was South Africa's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. He previously served as the country's Minister of Public Works from 5 September 2008 to 31 October 2010.
Mathole Serofo Motshekga is a retired South African politician and lawyer. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa between May 2009 and May 2024,during which time he was the Chief Whip of the Majority Party from 2009 to 2013. Before that,he was the second Premier of Gauteng from 1998 to 1999.
Thulisile Nomkhosi "Thuli" Madonsela is a South African advocate and professor of law,holding a chair in social justice at Stellenbosch University since January 2018. She served as the Public Protector of South Africa from 19 October 2009 to 14 October 2016. In 1996,she helped draft the final constitution of South Africa promulgated by then-President Nelson Mandela.
Mcebisi Hubert Jonas is a South African politician and businessman who was the Deputy Minister of Finance of South Africa between May 2014 and March 2017. He is best known as a state capture whistleblower. In 2016,he publicly alleged that the Gupta brothers had offered him the post of finance minister under President Jacob Zuma.
Makgathatso Charlotte Chana Pilane-Majake is a South African politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration till 2024. She formerly held the same office between February 2018 and May 2019. A member of the African National Congress,she represented the Gauteng constituency in the National Assembly.
Robben Island Prison is an inactive prison on Robben Island in Table Bay,6.9 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand,Cape Town,South Africa. Nobel Laureate and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned there for 18 of the 27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid. Since then,three former inmates of the prison have gone on to become President of South Africa.
Nqabayomzi Lawrence Saziso Kwankwa is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. He has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the United Democratic Movement (UDM) since August 2013. He is the deputy president of the UDM and the party's chief whip.
Mervyn Alexander Dirks is a South African politician who served as a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from June 2023 until February 2024. A former member of the African National Congress,he previously served as a member of the National Assembly from May 2014 to January 2023.
Pemmy Castelina Pamela Majodina is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress (ANC),she has been the Minister of Water and Sanitation since July 2024. Between May 2019 and June 2024,she was the Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the National Assembly of South Africa.
Albert Mammoga "Nocks" Seabi is a South African politician from Limpopo. He has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa since July 2018.
Doris Eunice Dlakude,sometimes also spelled Dorris or Dorries,is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She is currently serving as the Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the National Assembly. She was appointed to that position in June 2013,representing the African National Congress,and she has been a Member of Parliament since February 2010.
Violet Sizani Siwela was a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She was a Member of the National Assembly,where she chaired the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development,and a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC). She served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature until May 2019.
Langalakhe Nicholas "Senzo" Mkhize was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2009 to 2010 and then in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from 2010 to 2016. He was the Chief Whip in the provincial legislature from 2014 until his death in 2016. Formerly an activist in the ANC Youth League,Mkhize was also a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal branch.
Zephroma Sizani Dlamini-Dubazana is a South African politician and African National Congress member who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2009 to 2019. Dlamini-Dubazana is known for being a supporter of the former ANC president and President of South Africa,Jacob Zuma.
Comely Humphrey Maqocwa Maxegwana is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2014 until 2019,when he failed to gain re-election. Before that,he represented the ANC in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. He was a prominent trade unionist in the Eastern Cape during apartheid and is also a former Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Eastern Cape branch.
Jerry Dimotana Thibedi is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2010 to 2019 and in the North West Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2009. He was the inaugural Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature between 1994 and 1999 and subsequently served in the North West Executive Council between 1999 and 2009 under Premiers Popo Molefe and Edna Molewa.
Mzwandile McDonald Masala was a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1997 to 2004. He was the South African Ambassador to Zambia from 2004 to 2007.
