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{{Short description|South African social worker and feminist (born 1938)}} |
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| name = Zanele Dlamini Mbeki |
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| birth_name= Zanele Dlamini |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1938|11|18}} |
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| birth_place = [[Alexandra, Gauteng]], [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]] |
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| profession = Social worker |
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|office1 = [[First Lady of South Africa]] |
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|term_label1 =In role |
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|term_start1 = 14 June 1999 |
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|term_end1 = 24 September 2008 |
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|president1 = [[Thabo Mbeki]] |
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|preceded1 = [[Graça Machel]] |
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|succeeded1 = [[Mapula Motlanthe]] |
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|office2 = [[Chairperson of the African Union|First Lady of African Union]] |
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|term_start2 = 9 July 2002 |
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|term_end2 = 10 July 2003 |
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|president2 = [[Thabo Mbeki]] |
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|preceded2 = position established |
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|succeeded2 = Marcelina Rafael Chissano |
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| alma_mater = [[University of the Witwatersrand]]<br>[[London School of Economics]]<br>[[Brandeis University]] |
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Thabo Mbeki]]|1974}} |
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| children = Dlammini |
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'''Zanele Mbeki''' [[Order for Meritorious Service|OMSS]] ([[née]] '''Dlamini'''; born 18 November 1938) is a feminist South African social worker who founded the Women's Development Bank. She is also a former first lady of South Africa. |
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Zanele Dlamini Mbeki is the former first lady of [[South Africa]] and the wife of fomer [[South African President]], [[Thabo Mbeki]]. |
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==Early life and education== |
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'''Career and Marriage''' |
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Zanele [[Dlamini]] was born in 1938 in [[Alexandra, Gauteng|Alexandra]], South Africa, where her father was a [[Methodist]] priest and her mother a dressmaker.<ref name=first/><ref name=peace>{{cite web|url=https://mg.co.za/article/1999-06-11-the-one-who-brings-thabo-peace|title=The one who brings Thabo peace|author=Staff Reporter|work=Mail and Guardian|date=11 June 1999|access-date=30 October 2016}}</ref> She has five sisters.<ref name=first>{{cite web|url=http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8170|title=Two presidents and a first lady|date=22 June 2012|access-date=30 October 2016|publisher=Joburg.org}}</ref> |
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Zanele was a boarder at the Catholic Inkamana Academy in [[KwaZulu-Natal]], before studying to be a social worker at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]].<ref name=first/> |
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After working for three years for [[Anglo American plc]] as a case worker in [[Zambia]], she moved to London and completed a diploma in social policy and administration at the [[London School of Economics]] in 1968.<ref name=first/> She later won a scholarship to do her PhD on the position of African women under [[apartheid]] at [[Brandeis University]] in the United States, although before completing it, she left the United States to marry [[Thabo Mbeki]].<ref name=peace/><ref name=first/><ref name=legacy>{{cite book|title=A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream|first=Mark|last=Gevisser|year=2009|publisher=Macmillan|url=https://archive.org/details/legacyofliberati0000gevi_q7i9|url-access=registration}}</ref> |
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Zanele met Thabo while she was involved in student politics and they fell inlove. |
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==Career== |
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While Thabo travelled Zanele finnished her [[masters]] At the [[University of London]] and then went to The [[United States]]to get her doctrate |
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While in London, Mbeki worked as a psychiatric social worker at [[Guy's Hospital]], and at the Marlborough [[Day hospital|Day Hospital]].<ref name=first/> |
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After her marriage, she worked for the International University Education Fund in [[Lusaka]], Zambia. She resigned in 1980,<ref>{{cite book|last=Sellström|first=Tor|url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-204|title=Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa, Volume 2, Solidarity and assistance 1970-1994|publisher=Nordiska Afrikainstitutet|year=2002|isbn=9789171064486|page=578|format=PDF}}</ref> shortly before it was closed down after the exposure of her boss, [[Craig Williamson]], as a South African spy.<ref name=legacy/> She was also elected to the [[ANC]]'s Women's League and edited the ''Voice of Women''.<ref name=first/><ref name=legacy/> She lectured at the [[University of Zambia]] for two years and then worked for the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] in [[Nairobi]].<ref name=peace/><ref name=legacy/> |
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Zanele and Thabo got married at the Farnham estate in 1974. The wedding was attended by then [[ ANC]] president [[Oliver Tambo]] and his wife [[Adelaide Tambo]]. |
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When they returned to South Africa in 1990, Mbeki founded the Women's Development Bank, which offers [[microfinance]] to poor South African women.<ref name=peace/><ref name=lady/> While her husband was campaigning, she rarely appeared with him and refused to grant interviews.<ref name=lady>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-19-mn-48019-story.html|title=A First Lady Debuts With Reluctance|date=19 June 1999|access-date=30 October 2016|work =[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Dean E.|last=Murphy}}</ref> When her husband became [[President of South Africa|President]] in 1999, she became [[First Lady of South Africa]]. She is a [[feminist]] and an advocate for women's rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/womens-liberation-zanele-dhlamini-mbeki|title=Women's liberation|first=Zanele|last=Dhlamini (Mbeki|website=South African History Online|publisher=SAHO)}}</ref> In July 2003, she convened the South African Women in Dialogue, designed to enable women to participate fully in the country's development.<ref>{{cite book|page=147|title=Essays on the Evolution of the Post-Apartheid State: Legacies, Reforms and Prospects|editor=Mcebisi Ndletyana|chapter=The Simulacrum of Equality? Engendering the Post94 South African State|first=Lisa|last=Vetten|year=2015|publisher=Real African Publishers|isbn=9781920655853|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aRUiBgAAQBAJ}}</ref> |
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Zanele and Thabo have no children. |
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==Personal life== |
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Mbeki met [[Thabo Mbeki]] while studying at the University of London and they were married in a registry office in London on 23 November 1974, followed by a religious ceremony at the home of her older sister Edith, [[Farnham Castle]] in Surrey.<ref name=peace/><ref name=first/><ref name=legacy/> He had to receive permission from the ANC to marry and reportedly told [[Adelaide Tambo]] "if Papa <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Oliver Tambo]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> doesn't allow me to marry Zanele, I'll never, ever marry again. And I'll never ask again. I love only one person and there is only one person I want to make my life with, and that is Zanele."<ref>{{cite book|page=79|title=Thabo Mbeki|first=Dennis|last=Abrams|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9781438104751|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KytBKOPSdJQC}}</ref> The couple have no children and have often lived apart.<ref name=lady/> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 14:26, 15 August 2024
Zanele Dlamini Mbeki | |
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| First Lady of South Africa | |
| In role 14 June 1999 – 24 September 2008 | |
| President | Thabo Mbeki |
| Preceded by | Graça Machel |
| Succeeded by | Mapula Motlanthe |
| First Lady of African Union | |
| In office 9 July 2002 – 10 July 2003 | |
| President | Thabo Mbeki |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Marcelina Rafael Chissano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zanele Dlamini 18 November 1938 Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Dlammini |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand London School of Economics Brandeis University |
| Profession | Social worker |
Zanele Mbeki OMSS (née Dlamini; born 18 November 1938) is a feminist South African social worker who founded the Women's Development Bank. She is also a former first lady of South Africa.
Early life and education
[edit]Zanele Dlamini was born in 1938 in Alexandra, South Africa, where her father was a Methodist priest and her mother a dressmaker.[1][2] She has five sisters.[1]
Zanele was a boarder at the Catholic Inkamana Academy in KwaZulu-Natal, before studying to be a social worker at the University of the Witwatersrand.[1]
After working for three years for Anglo American plc as a case worker in Zambia, she moved to London and completed a diploma in social policy and administration at the London School of Economics in 1968.[1] She later won a scholarship to do her PhD on the position of African women under apartheid at Brandeis University in the United States, although before completing it, she left the United States to marry Thabo Mbeki.[2][1][3]
Career
[edit]While in London, Mbeki worked as a psychiatric social worker at Guy's Hospital, and at the Marlborough Day Hospital.[1]
After her marriage, she worked for the International University Education Fund in Lusaka, Zambia. She resigned in 1980,[4] shortly before it was closed down after the exposure of her boss, Craig Williamson, as a South African spy.[3] She was also elected to the ANC's Women's League and edited the Voice of Women.[1][3] She lectured at the University of Zambia for two years and then worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nairobi.[2][3]
When they returned to South Africa in 1990, Mbeki founded the Women's Development Bank, which offers microfinance to poor South African women.[2][5] While her husband was campaigning, she rarely appeared with him and refused to grant interviews.[5] When her husband became President in 1999, she became First Lady of South Africa. She is a feminist and an advocate for women's rights.[6] In July 2003, she convened the South African Women in Dialogue, designed to enable women to participate fully in the country's development.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Mbeki met Thabo Mbeki while studying at the University of London and they were married in a registry office in London on 23 November 1974, followed by a religious ceremony at the home of her older sister Edith, Farnham Castle in Surrey.[2][1][3] He had to receive permission from the ANC to marry and reportedly told Adelaide Tambo "if Papa [Oliver Tambo] doesn't allow me to marry Zanele, I'll never, ever marry again. And I'll never ask again. I love only one person and there is only one person I want to make my life with, and that is Zanele."[8] The couple have no children and have often lived apart.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Two presidents and a first lady". Joburg.org. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Staff Reporter (11 June 1999). "The one who brings Thabo peace". Mail and Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Gevisser, Mark (2009). A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream. Macmillan.
- ^ Sellström, Tor (2002). Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa, Volume 2, Solidarity and assistance 1970-1994 (PDF). Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. p. 578. ISBN 9789171064486.
- ^ a b c Murphy, Dean E. (19 June 1999). "A First Lady Debuts With Reluctance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ Dhlamini (Mbeki, Zanele. "Women's liberation". South African History Online. SAHO).
- ^ Vetten, Lisa (2015). "The Simulacrum of Equality? Engendering the Post94 South African State". In Mcebisi Ndletyana (ed.). Essays on the Evolution of the Post-Apartheid State: Legacies, Reforms and Prospects. Real African Publishers. p. 147. ISBN 9781920655853.
- ^ Abrams, Dennis (2007). Thabo Mbeki. Infobase Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 9781438104751.