Government Government of South Africa Minister of Correctional Services South Africa

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is a South African politician who was appointed Minister of Defence and Military Veterans by President Jacob Zuma in June 2012.

* Former Minister of Correctional Services of the Republic of South Africa since 11 May 2009.
    * Member of Parliament since 2004.
    * Member of National Executive Council (NEC) of African National Congress (ANC) since December 2007.

Academic Qualifications

    * Matriculated from Mount Arthur High School.
    * Obtained Primary Teacher's Diploma from the Bensonvale Teacher TRG College.
    * Project Management with Canadian University Studies (CUSO).
    * Studying Psychology with the Newport University.
    * Obtained basic Human Relations Course.
    * Obtained Community Development course.
    * Obtained Communications course.

Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities

    * Theme 3 Core Group Member of the Constitution Making Process since 1994.
    * Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence since 1994.
    * Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence since 1994.
    * 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 Community Development (NYLTP).
    * Worked with open schools to help students from disadvantaged communities who were matric drop-outs.
    * 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).
    * Member of the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) (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.
    * 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).
    * Deputy Chairperson of ANC Political Committee and Chief Whip of majority party (2001).
    * Deputy Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa (6 May 2002 - 28 April 2004).
    * Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa (29 April 2004 - 10 May 2009).
    * Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa until 10 May 2009.
    * President of African National Congress Women League (ANCWL) (2003 - 3 July 2008).

Source: Ministry of Home Affairs/Wikipedia