Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
| Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri | |
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| Minister of Communications | |
| In office June 1999 – 6 April 2009 |
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| President | Thabo Mbeki |
| Preceded by | Jay Naidoo |
| Succeeded by | Siphiwe Nyanda |
| Premier of the Free State | |
| In office 18 December 1996 – 15 June 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Mosiuoa Lekota |
| Succeeded by | Winkie Direko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 September 1937 Kroonstad |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Pretoria |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (18 September 1937 – 6 April 2009) was a South African politician. She was the country's Minister of Communications from 1999 until her death.
Matsepe-Casaburri was born in Kroonstad in the then Orange Free State province and completed her school career in the Natal Province. She then went on to obtain her Bachelor of Arts degree from Fort Hare University before accepting a teaching position in Natal.
Shortly afterwards Matsepe-Casaburri went into exile; she spent time in Swaziland, Zambia, the United States of America and Namibia before returning home in 1990. While in the United States she obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology from Rutgers University.
In 1993 Matsepe-Casaburri was appointed as chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. She was the first woman and first Black person to hold this position. In 1997 she resigned from this job in order to succeed Mosiuoa Lekota as Premier of the Free State Province. She was also the first woman to hold the position of a premier in South Africa.
Matsepe-Casaburri was appointed as Minister of Communications in June 1999.
She also served briefly as South African acting President in 2005[1] and in 2008 between resignation of Thabo Mbeki and taking of office by Kgalema Motlanthe.[2]
References
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- Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri at Who's Who of Southern Africa
- Matsepe-Casaburri dies in hospital - Obituary
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Premier of the Free State 18 December 1996 – 15 June 1999 |
Succeeded by Winkie Direko |
| Preceded by | Minister of Communications 1999 – 2009 |
Succeeded by Siphiwe Nyanda |
- ↑ Acting President for period 14 September to 18 September 2005
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- 1937 births
- 2009 deaths
- Communications ministers of South Africa
- Premiers of the Free State (province)
- Rutgers University alumni
- South African women in politics
- University of Fort Hare alumni
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
- African National Congress politicians
- Female premiers and first ministers
