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Minister of Communications



Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Dr

Personal
  • Date of Birth: 18 September 1937
Current Positions
  • Minister of Communications of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999.
  • Founder member of the Board of the Women's Development Foundation.
  • Board member of the International Women's Forum of South Africa.
  • Patron of the Board of the International Marketing Council (IMC).




Academic Qualifications
  • Secondary education in Natal Province, South Africa.
  • University education at University of Fort Hare, Eastern Cape.
  • Postgraduate studies in the United States of America (USA) (Ph D) in Sociology
  • Honoured at the Rutgers University University with a Doctorate in Laws.

Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities

  • Teacher for twelve years, two years in KwaZulu-Natal and ten years in Swaziland.
  • Lived in exile from her early working life until she returned to South Africa in 1990.
  • Worked as Associate Professor at Rugters University in New Jersey, USA
  • Senior lecturer and Registrar at the United Nations Institute for Namibia based in Lusaka, Zambia.
  • Appointed Executive Director of the Education Development Trust (EDT) - active in the education movement and in policy development and fields of gender, economic development, local government and Information Communications and Technology Sector upon return from exile.
  • Activist on Education, Gender and Research.
  • First woman and black person to chair the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
  • First woman to be appointed to the Board of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
  • First woman and first black Chairperson of the Board of Sentech (Ltd).
  • First female Premier of the Free State Provincial government (1996 - 1999).
  • Former member of Council, University of Durban-Westville.
  • Former member of the Working Group of the National Forum on Science and Technology (NSTF).
  • Former member of the Board of Governors of International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.
  • Former Chairperson of the Ministerial Oversight Committee of African Ministries (1999 - 2003).
  • Former Patron of Shoprite/Checkers SABC Woman of the Year Award.
  • Former Patron of the Maokeng Community Developement trust.






Source: Ministry of Communications

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