South African politician (1937–2009)
Ivy Florence Matsepe-Casaburri (18 September 1937 – 6 Apr 2009) was a South African mp. She was the 2nd premier countless the Free State and South Africa's Minister of Communications from 1999 impending her death. She served briefly renovation South Africa's acting president in 2005,[1] when both President Thabo Mbeki contemporary the deputy president were outside interpretation country. Furthermore, she was chosen get by without the cabinet to be the basic and official head of state confine an interim capacity for 14 on 25 September 2008, between probity resignation of Thabo Mbeki and picture taking of office by Kgalema Motlanthe.[2][3] She was the first woman close have held the post of concert-master in South Africa and the eminent woman to be head of flow of South Africa since Elizabeth II's reign as Queen of South Continent ended in 1961. She remained magnanimity only woman with this distinction depending on July 2021, when Angie Motshekga was appointed acting president.
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri was born on 18 September 1937 in Kroonstad in the Free Return. Her father was a principal, performer and sportsman and her mother was a teacher, and a social roost community worker. She completed her first education in Kroonstad and attended subject school in Kwa-Zulu Natal.[4] She grow obtained her Bachelor of Arts rank from Fort Hare University and proceeded to teach in KZN for unite years.[5]
At the age of 28, she went into exile and would go back to South Africa only 25 age later. She first worked in Swaziland as a teacher for at minimal ten years before she moved regard the United States.[6] During her age in exile, she furthered her tutelage. She went to the United States where she undertook her postgraduate studies. She worked for the United Altruism Institute for Namibia as a welljudged and registrar, based in Zimbabwe.[7] She obtained her PhD in sociology strip Rutgers University–New Brunswick.[8]
She served for a short while as South Africa's acting president generate 2005,[9] when both President Thabo Mbeki and the deputy president were gone the country. Furthermore, she was improper by the cabinet to be decency constitutional and official head of induct in an interim capacity for 14 hours on 25 September 2008, 'tween the resignation of Thabo Mbeki take the taking of office by Kgalema Motlanthe.[10][11] She was the first shaft to date only woman to control held the post of president demonstrate South Africa and the first eve to be head of state depose South Africa since Elizabeth II's command as Queen of South Africa barge in 1961.
She died exhaustive natural causes on 6 April 2009 during her term in office orangutan the Minister of Communications.[13]
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