Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri

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name = Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri


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Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (born 18 September 1937) is a South African politician and has been the country's Minister of Communications since 1999. She briefly served as acting President of South Africa following the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki from 24 September 2008 until 25 September 2008.

Matsepe-Casaburri was born in Kroonstad in the then Orange Free State province and completed her school career in the then Natal province. She then went on to obtain her Bachelor of Arts degree from Fort Hare University before accepting a teaching position Natal.

Shortly afterwards Matsepe-Casaburri went into exile; she spent time in Swaziland, Zambia, the United States of America and Namibia before returning home in 1990. While in the United States she obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology from Rutgers University.

In 1993 Matsepe-Casaburri was appointed as chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. She was the first woman as well as the first Black person, to hold this position. In 1997 she resigned from this job in order to succeed Mosiuoa Lekota as premier of the Free State province. She was also the first woman to hold the position of premier in South Africa.

Matsepe-Casaburri was appointed as Minister of Communications in June 1999.