Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as South African politician.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was born at Natal Province in 1949. Her recorded nationality is South Africa. She was educated at University of Zululand and University of Bristol.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
She served as Chairperson of the African Union Commission (2012–2017), member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2017–2019) and member of the National Assembly of South Africa (from 2019).
Her political affiliation is recorded as African National Congress.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
That the career was made in South Africa is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's career is not finished, and the historical verdict on it has not been reached.
Achievements
- Chairperson of the African Union Commission (2012–2017)
- member of the National Assembly of South Africa (2017–2019)
- member of the National Assembly of South Africa (from 2019)
- Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (2019–2023)
- Educated at University of Zululand and University of Bristol
