6th President of the African National Congress Women's League
In office 7 August 2015 – April 2022
Deputy
Sisi Ntombela
Preceded by
Angie Motshekga
Succeeded by
Sisisi Tolashe
Minister in the Presidency for Women
In office 27 February 2018 – 29 May 2019
President
Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by
Susan Shabangu
Succeeded by
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
Minister of Social Development
In office 1 November 2010 – 27 February 2018
President
Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by
Edna Molewa
Succeeded by
Susan Shabangu
Personal details
Born
Bathabile Olive Dlamini
(1962-09-10) 10 September 1962 (age 61) Nquthu, Natal South Africa
Citizenship
South Africa
Political party
African National Congress
Alma mater
University of Zululand
Bathabile Dlamini (born 10 September 1962) is a South African politician who was the President of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League from 2015 to 2022. She was previously the Minister in the Presidency for Women from 2018 to 2019 and the Minister of Social Development from 2010 to 2018.
A social worker by training, Dlamini rose to national political prominence in the ANC Women's League, where she was Secretary General from 1998 to 2008. She was also a Member of Parliament between 1994 and 2004. In 2006, she was convicted of having defrauded Parliament in the Travelgate scandal. She was first elected to the ANC National Executive Committee in 2007 and became an outspoken supporter of former President Jacob Zuma, who appointed her to his cabinet. Although she served briefly as Minister for Women under Zuma's successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, she was removed from the cabinet after the May 2019 general election and resigned from the National Assembly the following month.
As Social Development Minister, Dlamini was a central figure in the 2017 social grants crisis which nearly disabled the South African Social Security Agency and social welfare system. The Constitutional Court and an official inquiry into her conduct both concluded that her personal negligence had contributed to the crisis. In April 2022, she was additionally convicted of perjury for having lied under oath during the inquiry. In the same month, she was removed as President of the ANC Women's League when the ANC disbanded the league's leadership corps on the grounds that it had exceeded its five-year term. Her perjury conviction also disqualified her from standing for election to a fourth five-year term on the ANC National Executive Committee.
BathabileDlamini (born 10 September 1962) is a South African politician who was the President of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League from...
women's league in 2008, defeating the league's secretary-general BathabileDlamini. She received 1,826 votes. Motshekga was elected to the National Assembly...
6 July 2008 at a league conference in Bloemfontein. She succeeded BathabileDlamini who, at the same conference, was beaten by Angie Motshekga in the...
Minister, Pravin Gordhan advised the Minister of Social Development BathabileDlamini to award a new contract to commercial South African banks and the...
of 2017, he aligned himself with Cyril Ramaphosa and against Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. In July 2007, the Sowetan reported that Cele, then MEC for safety...
Mthembu, former Minister in the Presidency BathabileDlamini, ANC Women's League leader Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission...
Security Deputy Minister. In 2018, she and Minister BathabileDlamini exchanged positions, with Dlamini becoming Minister of Women in the Presidency and...
Cilliers, rugby player (born 1987) Brendon Dedekind, swimmer (born 1976) BathabileDlamini, leader of the African National Congress Women's League and Minister...
to this cabinet. Notable outgoing ministers included Jeff Radebe, BathabileDlamini, Nomaindia Mfeketo and Tokozile Xasa. The newly appointed ministers...
corruption". For example, on these grounds ANC Women's League leader BathabileDlamini was disqualified from standing for re-election to the NEC. The new...
disband the incumbent leadership of the league, at that time headed by BathabileDlamini. Modise is also a senior member of the mainstream ANC. During her...
2018. Retrieved 1 August 2023. Ntsabo, Mihlali (22 May 2019). "Ramaphosa, Dlamini Zuma, Mantashe sworn in as MPs". EWN. Retrieved 1 August 2023. Nicolson...
frontrunners in the presidential race were clearly Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Mkhize was viewed as a possible "compromise choice", an alternative...
campaign of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Indeed, for a period she was touted as a possible candidate to stand for ANC Treasurer-General on Dlamini-Zuma's slate. On...
moving away from the rural areas to look for employment in the city. BathabileDlamini - Leader of the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL).Previously...
the Top Six, the members are: Barbara Creecy Thoko Didiza BathabileDlamini Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Derek Hanekom Tina Joemat-Pettersson Zizi Kodwa Ronald...
ministers and embattled party politicians, such as Nomvula Mokonyane, BathabileDlamini, Malusi Gigaba, Supra Mahumapelo and Mosebenzi Zwane. Despite the...
supported Zuma's campaign include Siphiwe Nyanda, Julius Malema, and BathabileDlamini of the ANC Women's League. The pro-Zuma faction of this period is...
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