Gugu gumede
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Veronica Zanele KaMagwaza-Msibi is South Africa's Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.
Born and brought up in Makhosini, in the Mahlabathini area, the Deputy Minister holds a BA from the University of Zululand, a Diploma in Further Education in Management from the University of Natal, and a Diploma in Local Government from the University of Durban-Westville.
After qualifying as a primary school teacher at the KwaGqikazi College of Education in 1987, she taught at several schools in KwaZulu-Natal, serving as principal in three of them, before entering politics full time.
Among her many other responsibilities, she has been a member of the Heritage KwaZulu-Natal council, and Chair of the Natal Joint Municipal Pension Fund board. She has served on various local and provincial structures, and spent 15 years as Mayor of the Zululand District Municipality.
In 2011 she formed the National Freedom Party, of which she is currently President.
Driven by a passion to make a difference in people’s lives, in 2012 she established the Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi Foundation, which aims to pr
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Ka-Magwaza-Msibi came from a family of strong women: Daughter
The late National Freedom Party (NFP) leader, Zanele Ka-Magwaza-Msibi’s daughter Gugu Gumede says her family has had generations of strong women.
The NFP confirmed that Ka-Magwaza-Msibi died on Monday morning at the age of 59, after being hospitalised at Umhlanga Hospital in Durban.
At home, KaMagwaza-Msibi was a mother to her children.
“My family breeds very strong women and from my generation to my mom’s into the previous generation the women are very close and also men are very close, I was always very close to my mom,” says Gumede.
The year 2014 came with various changes for Ka-Magwaza-Msibi. Gumede says nothing can prepare anyone for a stroke.
“Not even around her, but across the country, there were people who saw that this woman cannot be broken easily. It was proven time and time again. So it was during the time period when she was continuing to grow, continuing to elevate and it just came from nowhere because an illness like that, I don’t think you get signs, but I mean – for us as a family you neve
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Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi
South African politician (1962–2021)
Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi (1 February 1962 – 6 September 2021) was a South African politician who was the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of South Africa in the cabinet of Jacob Zuma. She was also President of the National Freedom Party (NFP). Prior to being elected to Parliament, she served for nineteen years as a councillor, fifteen of those years as Mayor of the Zululand District Municipality.[1] She was formerly chairperson of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the IFP's candidate for Premier of KwaZulu-Natal in the 2009 general election. [2]
On 7 May 2014, her new party successfully contested the 2014 South African general elections by receiving 288,742 (1.57%) of the national votes. This outcome placed the NFP in fifth place, winning 6 seats in the National Assembly.[3]
Early life and education
Born in rural Makhosini, Magwaza-Msibi was a former school principal who held a BA degree from the University of Zululand and diplomas (in further education) from t
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