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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, sometimes referred to by her initials NDZ, is a South African politician, medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. A longstanding member of the African National Congress (ANC), she currently serves as a Chancellor of the University of Limpopo.
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business · South African politician (born 1949) · politician · physician · entrepreneur · minister · also Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, NDZ, Dlamini-Zuma
Born 27 January 1949 · Q150276
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2026· 1 entry
2022· 2 entries
Campaign: 2022: Second presidential election.
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Dlamini-Zuma's office prepared a plan to revert the North West province to proper provincial administration after more than three years – since 2018, the province had been under national administration, supervised by COG
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2021· 1 entry
Africa Check rated the claim “If a state of emergency is declared in South Africa the president will be stripped of his powers, which will go to the military. Cooperative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will, in terms of the disaster management act, “take over”.” Incorrect.
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2020· 1 entry
As commentators questioned whether Dlamini-Zuma was pursuing the government's tobacco ban (see above) because of her alleged connections to tobacco smugglers, who would benefit from the ban
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2019· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2019).
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Career landmark: Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (2019–2023).
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Was appointed the Chancellor of the University of Limpopo, a non-residential and largely ceremonial position
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2018· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister in the Presidency (2018–2019).
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2017· 5 entries
Election lost: 2017: First presidential election.
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standardmedia.co.ke: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma dismisses criticism that her bid is to shield ex-husband from courts
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Journalist Jacques Pauw claimed in The President's Keepers that Dlamini-Zuma's campaign for the ANC presidency was sponsored partly by businessman Adriano Mazzotti, whose company, Carnilinx, was widely suspected of invol
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Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2017–2019).
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Campaign: 2017: First presidential election.
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2016· 1 entry
Was honored with the naming of the Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipality, a merger of the Ingwe and Kwa Sani local municipalities, in KwaZulu-Natal
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded BBC 100 Women (2015).
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Was featured as one of the BBC's 100 Women
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2012· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chairperson of the African Union Commission (2012–2017).
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2011· 1 entry
Dlamini-Zuma encountered public outcry when the Dalai Lama was unable to attend Desmond Tutu's eightieth birthday party because the Department, hesitant to offend China, failed to issue him a visa
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2009· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa (2009–2012).
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2007· 4 entries
Election lost: 2007: Deputy presidential election.
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Some observers viewed her as a possible contender for the ANC's presidency and candidacy in national presidential elections
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At the ANC's 52nd National Conference, Motlanthe defeated her to win the deputy presidency; while at the 54th National Conference in 2017, she narrowly lost the ANC presidency to Ramaphosa, the incumbent
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Campaign: 2007: Deputy presidential election.
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2005· 1 entry
Mbeki reportedly offered her the post of Deputy President after Jacob Zuma was fired; she declined
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1999· 3 entries
Dlamini-Zuma introduced the Tobacco Products Amendment Bill, which made it illegal to smoke in public buildings
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Career landmark: Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (1999–2009).
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Was involved in shuttle diplomacy in the Second Congo War, mediating among factions of the Rally for Congolese Democracy and between Uganda and Rwanda
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1998· 1 entry
Dlamini-Zuma divorced Zuma in June 1998 over irreconcilable differences.
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1996· 1 entry
After the Public Protector published a report criticising the project's poor financial controls and procedural irregularities
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1994· 3 entries
After South Africa's first election under universal suffrage, Dlamini-Zuma was appointed as Minister of Health in the cabinet of President Nelson Mandela, where she continued the work of her predecessor, Rina Venter, in
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Career landmark: Minister of Health (1994–1999).
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And was re-elected at subsequent conferences in 1997 and in 2002
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1992· 2 entries
Was part of the Gender Advisory Committee
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And a period as Deputy Chairperson of the United Nations AIDS programme (UNAIDS) in 1995, she and her Ministry were criticised for publicly supporting Virodene, a "quack remedy" for HIV/AIDS
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1990· 1 entry
Signalling the beginning of the country's transition to non-racial democracy
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1989· 1 entry
To work for the ANC Health Department in Lusaka, Zambia
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1985· 1 entry
Dlamini-Zuma returned to the United Kingdom to complete a diploma in tropical child health from Liverpool University's School of Tropical Medicine
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1982· 1 entry
Dlamini-Zuma was married to former President Jacob Zuma between 1982 and 1998.
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1971· 1 entry
And then went to the University of Natal to study medicine
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-01-27.
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