4th President of the African National Congress Women's League
In office 2008–2015
Deputy
Nosiphiwo Mwambi
Preceded by
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Succeeded by
Bathabile Dlamini
Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress in Gauteng
In office 2001–2004
Chairperson
Mbhazima Shilowa
Preceded by
Paul Mashatile
Succeeded by
Nomvula Mokonyane
Personal details
Born
Matsie Angelina Motshekga
(1955-06-19) 19 June 1955 (age 68) Soweto, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa
Citizenship
South Africa
Political party
African National Congress
Spouse
Mathole Motshekga
Children
1
Education
University of the North (BA)
University of the Witwatersrand (BEd; MEd)
Occupation
Politician
educator
anti-apartheid activist
Matsie Angelina "Angie" Motshekga (born 19 June 1955) is a South African politician and educator, serving as the Minister of Basic Education since May 2009. She was also appointed an acting president of the Republic of South Africa on 2 July 2021, as President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the state funeral of Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia.[1] She was previously a Member of the Executive Council in the Gauteng provincial government. Motshekga is a member of the African National Congress. She is a former president of the party's women's league.
^Letshwiti-Jones, Pule. "Motshekga appointed acting president". News24. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
Matsie Angelina "Angie" Motshekga (born 19 June 1955) is a South African politician and educator, serving as the Minister of Basic Education since May...
Motshekga is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: AngieMotshekga (born 1955), South African politician Mathole Motshekga (born 1949), South...
Mathole Serofo Motshekga (born 2 April 1949) is a South African lawyer and politician who was elected to his third consecutive term as a Member of Parliament...
possible successor to Motshekga, but ultimately stood for re-election to the deputy chairmanship and lost against AngieMotshekga, wife of Mathole. In...
is the Minister of Basic Education; as of May 2009[update] this is AngieMotshekga. The department oversees all the schools in South Africa, sets up the...
2009 general election, he became an advisor to Gauteng politician AngieMotshekga, who was newly appointed as the inaugural Minister of Basic Education...
as the Secretary-General of the ANC Women's League under President AngieMotshekga. She was Secretary-General from July 2008 until she was ousted in August...
Mandela Bay was renamed Florence Matomela House in November 2012. AngieMotshekga, the Minister of Basic Education and President of the ANC Women's League...
as ANCWL President, but in July 2008 she was defeated in a vote by AngieMotshekga. However, Dlamini was elected to an ordinary seat on the ANCWL National...
Gauteng provinces; and by politicians including education minister AngieMotshekga, former finance minister Pravin Gordhan, Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini...
aligned respectively to Mokonyane, Mashatile, and leadership contender AngieMotshekga. In particular, the Gauteng branch of the ANC Youth League protested...
director-general, Hubert Mathanzima Mweli, and its policy is made by the minister AngieMotshekga and the deputy minister Reginah Mhaule. The department of Higher Education...
Mandela Bay was renamed Florence Matomela House in November 2012. Ms AngieMotshekga, then Minister of Basic Education and President of the ANC Women's...
"What I was trying to show up was what (Basic) Education Minister AngieMotshekga calls a 'horror story' of education in much of the Eastern Cape". As...
30 May 2019 (2019-05-30) ↓ 1,803 days Minister of Basic Education AngieMotshekga (born 1955) ANC 12 May 2009 (2009-05-12) ↓ 5,473 days Minister of Communications...
the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) in 2008 and, under ANCWL President AngieMotshekga, she later held a managerial position in the league and convened its...
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