Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

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Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (born 13 November 1956) is the current home affairs minister of South Africa. She took up this position in 2004.

Mapisa-Nqakula obtained a teacher's diploma from the Bensonvale Teachers College.

In 1984, she left South Africa to undergo military training in Angola and the Soviet Union. During this time she served as the head of a commission that was set up to investigate desertions of ANC Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) members to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Angola.

In 1993 she became the Secretary-General of the ANC Women's League. Before her appointment as Minister of Home Affairs, she held the position as Deputy-Minister of the department.^[1]

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v • d • e Home affairs ministers of South Africa

pre-Apartheid (1910-1948)	Smuts • Fischer • Theron • Watt • Duncan • Malan • Hofmeyr • Stuttaford • Lawrence • Clarkson • Lawrence

Apartheid-era (1948-1994)	Dönges • Naudé • de Klerk • Le Roux • Muller • Viljoen • Mulder • Schlebusch • Heunis • de Klerk • Botha • Louw • Pienaar • Schutte

Post-Apartheid (1994-present)	Buthelezi • Mapisa-Nqakula

v • d • e Ministers of Thabo Mbeki's Second Government

President	Thabo Mbeki

Deputy President	Jacob Zuma (2004-2005) • Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (2005=present)

Ministers	Lulama Xingwana (Agriculture and Land Affairs) • Pallo Jordan (Arts and Culture) • Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (Communications) • Ngconde Balfour (Correctional Services) • Mosiuoa Lekota (Defence) • Naledi Pandor (Education) • Marthinus van Schalkwyk (Environmental Affairs and Tourism) • Trevor Manuel (Finance) • Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (Foreign Affairs) • Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (Health) • Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (Home Affairs) • Lindiwe Sisulu (Housing) • Ronnie Kasrils (Intelligence Services) • Brigitte Mabandla (Justice and Constitutional Development) • Membathisi Mdladlana (Labour) • Patience Sonjica (Minerals and Energy) • Sydney Mufamadi (Provincial and Local Government) • Alex Erwin (Public Enterprises) • Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi (Public Service and Administration) • Thoko Didiza (Agriculture and Land Affairs) • Charles Nqakula (Safety and Security) • Mosibudi Mangena (Science and Technology) • Zola Skweyiya (Social Development) • Arnold Stofile (Sport and Recreation) • Essop Pahad (The Presidency) • Mandisi Mpahlwa (Trade and Industry) • Jeff Radebe (Transport) • Lindiwe Hendricks (Water Affairs and Forestry)