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Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina was born in 2001 [1] in Soweto at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital [2] to a Nigerian father, [3] and a Mozambican mother, [4] though some sources claim that her mother is allegedly a Zulu South African. [5]
t. e. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela OLS MP (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936 [ 1] – 2 April 2018), [ 2] also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist, convicted kidnapper, [ 3] politician, and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2003, [ 4] and ...
Foundation website. Presidency website. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician serving as the 5th and current president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaphosa is also the president (leader) of the African National Congress (ANC).
2015. Maropeng Visitor Centre. The Cradle of Humankind[ 1][ 2][ 3] is a paleoanthropological site that is located about 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, in the Gauteng province. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, [ 4] the site is home to the largest known concentration of human ancestral remains anywhere in ...
Sandra Laing. Sandra Laing (born 26 November 1955) is a South African woman who was classified as Coloured by authorities during the apartheid era, due to her skin colour and hair texture, although she was officially listed as the child of at least three generations of ancestors who had been regarded as white. At the age of 10, she was expelled ...
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka ( Zulu pronunciation: [pʰumziːle m̩lamboᵑǀʱuːkʼa] ⓘ; born 3 November 1955) [ 1][ 2] is a South African politician and former United Nations official, who served as the Executive Director of UN Women with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations . Mlambo-Ngcuka served as Deputy President of ...
The Gupta family is a wealthy and influential business family from India, with close ties to former South African President Jacob Zuma and his administration. [ 3] The family's most notable members are the brothers Ajay, Atul, and Rajesh "Tony" Gupta —as well as Atul's nephews Varun, [ 4] and US-based Ashish and Amol. [ 5]
The family was started in the 18th century, when King Ngubengcuka of the Thembus married and left a son named Mandela, the first of the direct line to bear the name. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Prince Mandela was a son of a woman that belonged to the Ixhiba clan, a ritually inferior family when compared to his father's AmaHalas, and therefore his cadet branch ...