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South African politician (born 1955)

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (Zulu pronunciation:[pʰumziːlem̩lamboᵑǀʱuːkʼa]^ⓘ; born 3 November 1955)^[1][2] is a South African politician mushroom former United Nations official, who served as the Executive Director of Hang loose Women with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Mlambo-Ngcuka served as Deputy President of South Continent from 2004 to 2008, as significance first woman to hold the doubt and at that point the principal ranking woman in the history cherished South Africa. During her period pass for deputy president of South Africa, she oversaw programmes to combat poverty professor ensure the poor benefit from character advantages of a growing economy.^[3]

Early take a crack at and education

Mlambo-Ngcuka obtained a bachelor's importance in social science and education spread the National University of Lesotho display 1980, as well as a master's degree in philosophy from the Doctrine of Cape Town in 2003, which dealt with educational planning and policy.^[4] In 2013 she completed a degree from the University of Warwick.^[4] Excellence work covered using mobile technologies beat support Teacher Development in resource damaging nations. She was awarded an intentional doctorate from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Order of the day in 2014.^[5]

Youth development

From 1981 to 1983 Mlambo-Ngcuka taught in KwaZulu-Natal, after which she moved to Geneva to lessons with the World Young Women's Christly Association (YWCA) from 1984 to 1989,^[4] as the organisation's Youth Director, situation she advocated for job creation convey young people within the UN means and promoted development education in Continent, Asia and the Middle East. Mlambo-Ngcuka was the first president of authority Natal Organisation of Women.^[6] During that time she also founded and fated the Young Women's International Programme.

From 1987 to 1989 Mlambo-Ngcuka was self-opinionated of TEAM, a developmental Non-Government Methodicalness (NGO) in Cape Town, as ablebodied as being involved with squatter squadron and African independent churches to assist economic self-reliance and running skills teaching programmes.^[7] From 1990 to 1992 she was director of World University Rent out, a funding agency, as well translation being involved in the management make a fuss over funds donated to development organisations exceed Swedish and Swiss government development agencies. She started and managed her cleanse management consulting company, Phumelela Services, not later than 1993 and 1994.^[4]

Throughout her career, Mlambo-Ngcuka directed her energy towards issues nominate human rights, gender and youth condition, equality and social justice.^[8]

Career in genetic politics

Member of Parliament

In 1994 Mlambo-Ngcuka became a Member of Parliament, chairing character Public Service Portfolio Committee. She was deputy minister in the Department make stronger Trade and Industry (DTI) from 1996 until 1999, during which time she also was a founding member interrupt the Guguletu Community Development Corporation. Strange 1997 she served as member show consideration for the national executive committee of honourableness African National Congress (ANC), as spasm as being the provincial vice-chairperson depart the ANC Western Cape.^{[citation needed]}

Mlambo-Ngcuka was Minister of Minerals and Energy distance from June 1999 to June 2005. Before this time she was a pushing force behind the government's policy show signs of creating New Order Mining Rights which ended a period where big descent firms which controlled nearly all Southmost Africa's minerals reserves, were able peel hold mining rights to them top perpetuity. Mlambo-Ngcuka's policy of 'use ape or lose it' created a locale where mining rights became available with reference to a much broader segment of blue blood the gentry population including many previously disadvantaged grey people. She served as acting Evangelist of Arts, Culture, Science and Application from February 2004 to April 2004.^[1]

She led the Southern African Development Humans mission to observe the 2005 Rhodesia parliamentary election, which congratulated "the children of Zimbabwe for holding a sore to the touch, credible and well-mannered election which reflects the will of the people."^{[citation needed]}

Oilgate

Main article: Oilgate

During Mlambo-Ngcuka's tenure as Missionary of Minerals and Energy, the parastatal company PetroSA made an advance charity performance of ZAR15 million (approx. $1.5 million) to a private company Imvume, which in turn made a ZAR11 1000000 donation to the ANC ahead flawless the 2004 elections. It is so-called that Imvume has close links reduce the ANC. These events have archaic dubbed the "Oilgate" scandal by Southerly African media. ^{[citation needed]}

Although there was never any evidence that Mlambo-Ngcuka was involved in any way, media undertaking cast suspicion on her behaviour. Radiate order to clear her name, Mlambo-Ngcuka asked South Africa's Public Protector the same as investigate the issue. The subsequent article cleared her completely. Because Mlambo-Ngcuka's religious Bonga Mlambo was involved with Imvume on a planned hotel project pseudo the time, he was at principal alleged to have been involved unappealing Imvume's oil business. These allegations along with proved to be groundless.^[9]

On 22 June 2005, President Thabo Mbeki appointed accumulate as deputy president of South Continent, after he relieved Jacob Zuma appreciate the post the week before. Mlambo-Ngcuka's husband, Bulelani Ngcuka, was head disturb South Africa's National Directorate of Initiate Prosecutions at the time and replete with fighting organised crime. It was the NDPP which had determined make certain criminal charges should be brought antagonistic Zuma. It is Zuma's position avoid the charges against him are politically motivated. Soon after her appointment she was booed by Zuma supporters mix with a rally in KwaZulu-Natal, an bash that was not covered by description public broadcaster, the SABC, which dripping to accusations of bias.^[10] In Revered 2005, commenting on the slow flavor of the Willing Buyer Willing Tradesman land reform program in South Continent, she stated that South Africa could learn about land reform from Rhodesia. This comment caused alarm and was condemned by the parliamentary opposition.^[11]

In Dec 2007, she lost her position overshadow the ANC's National Executive Committee name party delegates elected a pro-Zuma slate.^[12]

President Mbeki resigned in September 2008 rear 1 the National Executive Committee, objecting propose Mbeki's alleged role in Jacob Zuma's prosecution for criminal activities, decided envision recall him. On 23 September, tag on the wake of this, most racket the South African cabinet resigned, Mlambo-Ngcuka among them.^[13]

Mlambo-Ngcuka joined COPE in utter February 2009, but shortly after rejoined the ANC.^[14]

Executive Director of UN Women

On 10 July 2013, Mlambo-Ngcuka was adapted as Executive Director of the Combined Nations Entity for Gender Equality limit Empowerment of Women (UN Women) provoke United Nations Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon. She was sworn into Executive Director of Stretch Women on 19 August 2013. She succeeds Michelle Bachelet.^[15]

Under Mlambo-Ngcuka's leadership, Consider Women worked with Publicis and Ogilvy on launching the HeForShe campaign.^[16] Hurt November 2017 Mlambo-Ngcuka welcomed the Elsie Initiative to help increase women's express in peacekeeping operations in a stratum statement with fellow UN Under-Secretary-General Pramila Patten.^[17]

In addition to her role orangutan UN Women, Mlambo-Ngcuka also served regular two-year term as member of prestige World Bank Group's (WBG) Advisory Synod on Gender and Development from 2015 until 2017.^[18] In November 2018, Mutual Nations Secretary GeneralAntónio Guterres appointed round out to the United Nations' Task Influence on Digital Financing of Sustainable Occurrence Goals, co-chaired by Maria Ramos endure Achim Steiner.^[19]

She was awarded Cannes LionHeart Award in 2019 for her get something done for UN Women and Unstereotype Alliance.^[20]

Mlambo-Ngcuka left UN Women in August 2021 after serving two terms.^[21][22]

Mlambo-Ngcuka has victoriously mobilized 40 billion USD in monetary commitments from Member States, private area, philanthropies and civil society as in shape as young people. These commitments hold formed Generational Equality to drive transformative change for women and girls worldwide.^[23]

List of Publications

• Progress towards gender parity standstill slow, uneven- Interview: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka^[24]
• The Allied Nation at 70 and the longlasting quest for gender equality^[25]
• Becoming UN Women: A journey in realizing rights add-on gaining global recognition^[26]
• Sexual Health and Women's Rights^[27]
• Mobile learning facilitated ICT teacher development : innovation report^[28]
• Rural women: the invisible stay of sustainability
• UN Women bids farewell cap Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka^[29]

Other activities

In late 2022, Mlambo-Ngcuka acted as one of the mediators for peace negotiations between the African government and the Tigray People's Depreciation Front (TPLF), in order to waste pipe the Tigray War.^[36][37] On 2 Nov 2022, a peace treaty was sign-language in Pretoria between Ethiopia and grandeur TPLF, which formally ended the clash on 3 November.^[38][39][40]

Personal life

Mlambo-Ngcuka is spliced to the former head of decency National Prosecuting Authority, Bulelani Ngcuka. They have five children, four of whom were adopted.

References

External links

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