Motlalepula Chabaku

Motlalepula Chabaku

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Biography of Motlalepula Chabaku

Background

Mama Motlalepula Chabaku is a senior member of the community and a well-known activist, mother of the nation and humanitarian. She is the only living member of the Lillian Ngoyi Executive that lead 20 000 strong 1956 Womens March, against apartheid era pass laws. Mama Chabaku is also a retired member of the South African regional parliaments in Gauteng[1] and Free State South Africa, who has a reputation that precedes her in the community and around the world. She is known by many for her strength, her strong sense of community and her compassion. Her greatest passion in her golden years is the values of nature and the healing powers of natural remedies. She is an urban hauticulturalist and spends her time servicing the community of Soweto, South Africa about Greening and natural remedies.

Educational Background

Mama Motlalepula Chabaku has attended the following educational institutions:

  • Willberforce Training InstituteEvaton South Africa where she received a Higher Primary Teachers Certificate between 19521953
  • Rose Bruford College of Speech and DramaKent United Kingdom she completed a Diploma and an Associate Membership to the Drama Board of Great Britain in 1963
  • Lancaster Theological SeminaryPennsylvania USA where she completed a Master of Divinity Degree in 1979
  • Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown Pennsylvania USA where she completed a Bachelor of Liberal Studies Degree in 1981
  • North Carolina A and T State UniversityGreensboro North Carolina USA where she completed a Masters of Science Degree in Adult Education in 1984
  • North Carolina A and T State UniversityGreensboro North Carolina USA where she completed a Master of Science Degree in Guidance and Counselling majoring in Agency Counselling in 1985
  • General Board of Discipleship United Methodist ChurchNashville Tennessee USA where she completed one years special study on African Spirituality in 1991

Work Experience

  • St Cyprians Anglican SchoolSophiatown South Africa 19531955
  • Christ the King School Sophiatown South Africa 19551957
  • Thusang Community SchoolWhite City Jabavu Soweto South Africa 19601962
  • City Council of Johannesburg, Non-European Affairs Department, Youth Service SectionJohannesburg South Africa 19631974
  • The Christian Institute of South AfricaSouth Africa 19741976
  • USA Mission Interpreter for the United Presbyterian ChurchRaleigh North Carolina USA September 1979June 1980
  • Assistant Minister at Concord Presbyterian ChurchWilmington Delaware USA DecemberJuly 1981
  • Instructor, International scholar and Advisor in Residence at Bennett CollegeGreensboro North Carolina USA September 1991- August 1993
  • Served as Church and Community Worker at Raleigh Board of Missions and Church Extension of the United MethodistRaleigh North Carolina USA 1994
  • United Methodist Minister for three churchesRandolph Country North Carolina USA June 1985June 1988
  • United Methodist Minister for three churchesCatawba Country North Carolina USA June 1988June 1991
  • Methodist Minister of five Methodist Churches under the Vanguard Mission of the Methodist ChurchHeidadal Circuit Bloemfontein South Africa January 1993May 1994
  • Speaker in Orange Free State ParliamentBloemfontein South Africa May 1994January 1998
  • Full time member of Free State LegislatureBloemfontein South Africa May 1994April 1999
  • Member of the National Council of Provinces at the National Parliament Cape Town as a permanent delegate for the Free State Province
  • Bloemfontein South Africa March 2000April 2004
  • Member of the Gauteng Legislature since April 2004 - April 2009

Positions Held in South Africa Prior to Departure to the USA

  • Provincial Executive Member of the Family Planning Association of South Africa
  • National President of Voice of Women (VOW) a multi-racial womens organisation
  • Programme Consultant, Southern African Association Youth Clubs
  • Founder Member of Black Womens Federation of South Africa and Member of the Resource Panel
  • School Teacher, Social Worker, Chairperson of International Womens Year Committee for South Africa, Executive Member of the Moroka School and Molapo Secondary School Boards, Resource person and Community Worker of the Christian Institute of South Africa until June 30 1976
  • Lifeline for Crisis Counselling, Advisor to the Womens Association of African Independent Churches (WAAIC)

Membership in the Following Organisations

  • Founder Member, Black Womens Federation of South Africa and Member of its Resource Panel
  • Senior member of the African National Congress (ANC) since February 2 1949
  • Anglican Church of the Province in South Africa
  • Senior Member of the Methodist Church of South Africa
  • Member of the National Council of African Women
  • Past Committee Member, General Purpose Committee of the Institute of Race Relations
  • Institute of Race Relations
  • Association Member Drama Board of Great Britain (Lifetime)
  • Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA) – Phahameng Bloemfontein South Africa
  • South African Black Social Workers Association (SABSWA)
  • SANTA Care Group Mangaung Bloemfontein South Africa
  • South African Red Cross
  • KONTAKMulticultural Womens Organisation for better human relationships.

Travel

  • Travelled throughout the provinces of South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Kenya.
  • Travelled extensively within USA, speaking, preaching, teaching and conducting workshops on Human Relations and attended Conferences in 29 countries in Europe, Caribbean, South America, Canada and Africa.
  • In January 1987, travelled to Oslo Norway to speak onHuman Rightsin South Africa. Travelled to Israel, Jordan, Canada, Syria, Brazil, Bermuda, Japan and Cuba.
  • September 1994 travelled to Berns Switzerland to attend the First International Conference of Women Presiders of Government Legislatures.
  • September 1995 attended the Second International Conference of Women Presiders of Government Legislatures in Tokyo, Japan.

Attendance at Sponsored United Nations International Conferences

  • United Nations Institute for Training and Research in Norway in 1980 onWomen in Changing Societies
  • United Nations Mid-decade for Women and Womens Conferences in the Mid-decade for Women 19751980 Copenhagen Denmark.

Awards and Citations

  • At the Bloemfontein Annual Springs Business Breakfast was unanimously elected as Individual of the Yearin 1995.
  • On the 27th of March 1996 was awarded the coveted Afrikaans Language Cultural AssociationLadies Award.
  • On the 17th of April 1996 was unanimously voted as Bloemfontein Citizen of the Year”.

Links

  1. AgriTV Reverend Motlalepula Chabaku [2]
  2. Wednesday, July 5 2006, Uganda Parliament[3]
  3. South Africa Tackles Social Inequities[4]
  4. Christina Nku and St John's 100 Years Later [5]
  5. IMASA Newsletter September 2007 [6]
  6. Sojournos Magazine July 1980 [7]

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