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Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula

Date of Birth: 13 November 1956
Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa


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Nkandla report hurts Zuma

The most vulnerable look to be Nxesi and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula whose departments were responsible for monitoring the project...


Dam good connections

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula recently told the South African Press Association that her country's soldiers would mainly be ‘baby-sitting' until Congo had its own proper system of government; Congo's opposition took that as an insult...


South African troops under fire

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula will be feeling vindicated as her disquiet at the military deployment and the reputation of CAR President François Bozizé were already known (AC Vol 54 No 2 With Zuma to Bangui)...


With Zuma to Bangui

Bozizé Junior had a meeting with Zuma much against the advice of the Defence Minister Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula who had qualms about Bozizé’s regime...


The Marikana massacre

Its members are Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini Cooperative Governance Minister Richard Baloyi and North-West Premier Thandi Modise...


After the council, a reshuffle

He may also sack some ministers without strong constituencies such as Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula a close ally of Mbeki...


Pragmatism trumps ideology

Extending an olive branch Zuma appointed several loyal Mbeki supporters including S'bu Ndebele at Transport Dipuo Peters at Energy Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula at Correctional Services and Thabang Makwetla as Deputy Minister of the new Defence and Military Veterans Ministry...


Ditching the Dalai Lama

Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula insisted against clear evidence that the Dalai Lama had never applied for a visa and said 'Obviously I'm happy' when the Cape High Court rejected Buthelezi's case...


Apartheid's awful legacy

The police and the Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula have promised they will not exploit the migrants' vulnerability by repatriating those without immigration papers but have been careful not to promise that they will not repatriate them later...


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