Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is a South African politician, doctor and anti-apartheid activist. Born and raised in Natal. After completing her primary education, Nkosazana Dlamini completed her secondary education in 1967 at Amanzimtoti Training College.
The ambitious young woman decided not to stop there when she enrolled at the University of Zululand, now known as the University of Natal. In 1971 she received his first bachelor’s degree in zoology and botany. She studied medicine at the University of Bristol, UK. Nkosazana met her ex-husband, former President Jacob Zuma, while working as a doctor in Swaziland.
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma was born on January 27, 1949. In 2021, she will be 72 years old. Nkosazana left medicine to become a full-time politician. She was Minister of Home Affairs during the regimes of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. In 1998, she divorced husband Jacob Zuma after 16 years of marriage with four children.
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is currently the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditions. The minister is estimated to earn R1.6 billion in salary, career, investment, mining and agriculture leadership positions.