| Name | Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula |  |
| Surname | Mapisa-Nqakula | |
| First Names | Nosiviwe | |
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| Country of Birth | South Africa |
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| From | To | Organisation | Position |
| 2004 | Ministry of Home Affairs | Minister of Home Affairs | |
| Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1956 |
| Political Affiliation | ANC |
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| Notes | Academic Qualifications Matriculated from Mount Arthur High School. Primary Teacher's Diploma at the Bensonvale Teacher TRG College. Project Management with Canadian University Studies (CUSO). Studying Psychology with the Newport University. Obtained basic Human Relations Course. Otained Community Development course. Obtained Communications course. Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities Theme 3 Core Group Member of the Constitution Making Process (1994 - date). Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (1994 - date). Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (1994 - date). Assistant Director of the Masazane Open School (a project of the South African Institute of Race Relation-SAIRR)(1982 - 1984). Youth Worker with Target Timothy (A project of SANSSA) (1981 - 1982). Teacher at St Matthews Teachers' Training College (1979). Teacher at Bensonvale Junior Secondary School (1978). Trained in Youth Leadership and Development (NYLTP). Founder member of the East London Domestic Workers Association (ELDWA) (1982). Left the country and underwent military training in Angola and the Soviet Union respectively (1984). Member of political and military structures (Soviet Union) (1985). Worked with the political military structures (ANC) (1986 - 1988). Representative of the ANC Women's Section to Pan African Women's Organisation (PAWO) (1988 - 1990). Deployed in the country to help rebuild ANC structures (1990). Served as Head of Commission set up to investigate desertions of ANC MK members to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Angola (1984). National organiser of the ANC Women's League and member of its National Executive (1990 - 1993). Secretary-General of the ANC Women's League (1993 - 1995). National Executive Committee (NEC) member of the ANC (1994 - 1997). Attended Equality Development and Peace seminar in Nairobi (1985). Attended 2nd ANC Consultative seminar in Kabwe (1985). Attended PAWO Regional seminar on the emancipation of women in Lusaka (1989). Worked closely with women's organisations inside and outside the country. Later represented the ANC Women's section to the People's Republic of Angola for two years. Attended Malibongwe Conference in Amsterdam (1990). Attended World Racism conference in Durban (2001). Worked with open schools to help students from disadvantaged communities who were matric drop-outs. Elected National Organiser of the ANC Women's League (1991). Elected the Secretary-General of the ANC Women's League February (1994). Became a member of Parliament of South Africa (1994). Deputy Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa (6 May 2002 - 28 April 2004). |
| Record last updated on 23 JUN 2006 |