Membathisi Mdladlana
Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana | |
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High Commissioner to Canada | |
Assumed office September 2012 | |
Preceded by | Mohau Pheko |
Minister of Labour | |
In office July 1998 – 30 October 2010 | |
President | Jacob Zuma Kgalema Motlanthe Thabo Mbeki Nelson Mandela |
Preceded by | Tito Mboweni |
Succeeded by | Mildred Oliphant |
Personal details | |
Born | Keiskammahoek, Cape Province, Union of South Africa | 12 May 1952
Nationality | South African |
Political party | ANC |
Alma mater | University of South Africa |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Teacher |
Membathisi Mdladlana (born 12 May 1952[1] in Keiskammahoek, Eastern Cape) is a South African politician. He is the South African High Commissioner to Canada as of November 2012.[2]
Political career[]
He was the Minister of Labour of South Africa since appointment by Nelson Mandela in 1998 till 2010. A teacher by training, Mdladlana earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Africa in 1997 in education and the IsiXhosa language. From 1972 to 1981, Mdladlana was a teacher at in Gugulethu, a township outside of Cape Town. From 1982 to 1994, he was the principal of in Crossroads, Cape Town. In 1994, the Eastern Cape native was elected to the first multi-racial parliament in South African history with the African National Congress. In 1998, President Nelson Mandela appointed him to the position of Minister of Labour. He has served under four Presidents: Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe,[3] and Jacob Zuma.
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "SOUTH AFRICA HIGH COMMISSION IN CANADA". www.southafrica-canada.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ Membathisis Mdladlana Archived 2009-04-24 at the Wayback Machine at Who's Who SA
- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Keiskammahoek
- Xhosa people
- African National Congress politicians
- Government ministers of South Africa
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
- South African schoolteachers
- University of South Africa alumni
- High Commissioners of South Africa to Canada
- South African politician stubs