Ms Angelina Motshekga is the Minister of Basic Education in the Republic of South Africa since 11 May 2009. She is also a member of the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee and the President of the ANC Women's League since 2007.

She holds a Masters Degree from Wits University; a bachelor of Educational Science from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits); a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of the North and a Higher Diploma in Education.

Ms Motshekga was a Teacher at Orlando High School from 1981 to 1983; Lecturer at the Soweto College of Education from 1983 to 1985; and Lecturer at Wits University from 1985 to 1994. She has also served as Director in the Office of the President from 1994 to 1997; Deputy Secretary of the ANCWL from 1997 to 2007 and as executive member of the National Education Union of South Africa (NEUSA).

She served as a member of the Sediba sa Basadi Trust; member of the Gauteng Executive Council (MEC) for Social services and Population Development from 2000 to 2004;

MEC for Education from 2004 to 2009; Deputy Chairperson of the ANC in Gauteng and a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 1999 to 2004.