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Naledi Pandor
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor is a South African politician, educator and academic who served as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 until 2024. She also served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress (ANC) from 1994 to 2024.
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politics · South African politician (born 1953) · politician · minister · also Naledi Pandor, Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, Naledi Grace Mandisa Pandor, Pandor
Born 7 December 1953 · Q11043304
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2026· 5 entries
TimesLIVE: Naledi Pandor says approving maths literacy for schools ‘was a disaster’
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TimesLIVE: African leaders failing their people drive migration to SA: Naledi Pandor
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On 22 May 2026, Pandor and her husband were robbed at gunpoint by three attackers in their Pretoria home.
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“My parents said God is God. As long as you worship Him we will support you and the Islamic principles are universal. Certainly, Islam demands much more of you in terms of observance.”
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2025· 1 entry
Independent Online: Naledi Pandor: Survival of GNU shows political maturity, not a failed State
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Jerusalem (2022).
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2019· 3 entries
With a thesis titled "The contested meaning of transformation in higher education in post-apartheid South Africa"
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2019).
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Career landmark: Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (2019).
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded honorary fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (2018).
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Career landmark: Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation (2018–2019).
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2014· 3 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Science and Technology (2014–2018).
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And held it until 2018, when she became Minister of Higher Education and Training in the first cabinet of President Cyril Ramaphosa
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2014–2019).
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2012· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa (2012–2014).
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2009· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Science and Technology (2009–2012).
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2004· 3 entries
Following President Thabo Mbeki's decision to appoint her as Minister of Education
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And consequently became the second woman to hold the role
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Career landmark: Minister of Education (2004–2009).
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1992· 1 entry
And soon enrolled at Harvard Kennedy School to receive a diploma in leadership in development in 1997
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1953· 1 entry
Born 1953-12-07.
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