Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served as the 2nd democratic president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008,when he resigned at the request of his party,the African National Congress (ANC). Before that,he was deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999.
Albertina SisuluOMSG was a South African anti-apartheid activist. A member of the African National Congress (ANC),she was the founding co-president of the United Democratic Front. In South Africa,where she was affectionately known as Ma Sisulu,she is often called a mother of the nation.
Angela Thokozile Didiza (née Msane;born is a South African politician serving as Speaker of the National Assembly since 14 June 2024. A member of the African National Congress,she was formerly the Minister of Agriculture,Land Reform and Rural Development between May 2019 and June 2024. She served an earlier stint in the cabinet between 1999 and 2008.
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe is a South African politician who served as the 3rd president of South Africa from 25 September 2008 to 9 May 2009,following the resignation of Thabo Mbeki. Thereafter,he was deputy president under Jacob Zuma from 9 May 2009 to 26 May 2014.
Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula is a South African politician who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly from August 2021 until her resignation on 3 April 2024. 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.
The second cabinet of Thabo Mbeki was the cabinet of the government of South Africa from 29 April 2004 until 24 September 2008. It was in office for the duration of Mbeki's second term in the South African Presidency,which lasted between the 2004 general election and Mbeki's resignation from office on 24 September 2008.
The 52nd National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) was held in Polokwane,Limpopo,from 16 to 20 December 2007. At the conference,Jacob Zuma and his supporters were elected to the party's top leadership and National Executive Committee (NEC),dealing a significant defeat to national President Thabo Mbeki,who had sought a third term in the ANC presidency. The conference was a precursor to the general election of 2009,which the ANC was extremely likely to win and which did indeed lead to Zuma's ascension to the presidency of South Africa. Mbeki was prohibited from serving a third term as national President but,if re-elected ANC President,could likely have leveraged that office to select his successor.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) is the party's chief executive organ. It is elected every five years at the party’s national conference;the executive committee,in turn,elects a National Working Committee for day-to-day decision-making responsibilities. At the NEC's head is the president of the ANC,and it also contains the other so-called "Top Seven" leaders:the deputy president,chairperson,secretary-general,two deputy secretaries-general and treasurer-general.
Fikile April Mbalula is a South African politician and current Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC) since December 2022. He was a cabinet minister between 2010 and 2023,most proximately as Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2023.
Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu is a South African politician. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa between April 1994 and March 2023. During that time,from 2001 to 2023,she served continuously in the cabinet as a minister under four consecutive presidents. President Cyril Ramaphosa sacked her from his cabinet in March 2023,precipitating her resignation from the National Assembly.
The 50th National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) took place from 16 to 20 December 1997 at the University of the North West in what was then called Mafikeng. Attended by 3,000 voting delegates,the conference elected a successor to outgoing ANC President Nelson Mandela,who declined to stand for another term. Thabo Mbeki was elected unopposed,and Jacob Zuma was elected unopposed as his deputy;they were later elected President and Deputy President of the country in the 1999 general elections,in which the ANC won 66.35% of the vote,up from 62.65% in 1994.
The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy is a minister in the cabinet of the South African national government. The portfolio was called the Ministry of Minerals and Energy until May 2009,when President Jacob Zuma split it into two separate portfolios under the Ministry of Mining and the Ministry of Energy. Ten years later,in May 2019,his successor President Cyril Ramaphosa reunited the portfolios as the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy.
Lindiwe Daphney Zulu is a South African politician and communications strategist who served as Minister of Social Development form May 2019 to May 2024. Before her appointment to that office in May 2019,she was the Minister of Small Business Development from 2014 to 2019.
The first cabinet of Thabo Mbeki was the cabinet of the government of South Africa from 18 June 1999 until 29 April 2004. It was established by President Mbeki after his ascension to the presidency in the 1999 general election,replacing the transitional Government of National Unity. It remained in office until the next general election in 2004. Comprising 27 ministers,it was dominated by the majority party,the African National Congress,although the Inkatha Freedom Party also held three positions.
The 49th National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) was held from 17 to 22 December 1994 in Bloemfontein,the city in which the ANC was founded. The conference took place several months after the South Africa's first democratic elections,at which the ANC had won 62.65% of the national vote and incumbent ANC President Nelson Mandela had been elected national President. It was therefore the ANC's first national conference as a ruling party,and only its second national conference since its unbanning in 1990. The theme of the conference was "From Resistance to Reconstruction and Nation-Building." Attended by 2,719 voting delegates,it was held at the University of the Free State,which Mandela said was remarkable,given that the university had "condemned [the ANC] as subversive,as treasonable" during apartheid.
Gaolatlhe Godfrey Oliphant is a South African politician and former trade unionist from the Northern Cape. He was the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources between November 2010 and May 2019. A member of the African National Congress,he served in the National Assembly of South Africa from May 1994 to May 2019,excepting a three-month hiatus in 2009.
Elizabeth Thabethe was a South African politician and former trade unionist from Gauteng. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa for five terms from May 1994 to May 2019. Between 2005 and 2019,she served as a deputy minister in the national governments of four successive presidents. After leaving the National Assembly,she was special investment envoy to President Cyril Ramaphosa until her death in March 2021.
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.
Penuell Mpapa Maduna is a South African politician and businessman. An anti-apartheid activist in his youth,Maduna was appointed to President Nelson Mandela's government in 1994. Thereafter he served as Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs and,between 1999 and 2004,as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development. Holding a doctorate of law from Unisa,he was also a long-time legal adviser to his party,the African National Congress,which he represented during the negotiations to end apartheid.
Zoliswa Albertina Kota-Mpeko,formerly known as Zoe Kota-Fredericks and Zoe Kota-Hendricks,is a South African politician from the Western Cape. A member of the African National Congress (ANC),she served as Deputy Minister of Human Settlements between May 2009 and May 2019. She served six terms in the National Assembly of South Africa.
