Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula (born 13 November 1956) is a South African politician, appointed minister of correctional services in 2009.[1] She was the minister of home affairs from 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.[2]

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