First Lady of South Africa
First Lady of the Republic of South Africa | |
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Residence |
Mahlamba Ndlopfu (Pretoria) Genadendal (Cape Town) Dr. John L. Dube House (Durban) |
Inaugural holder | Cornelia Swart |
Formation | 31 May 1961 |
First Lady of South Africa is the title held by the wife or most senior wife of the president of South Africa. The title can occasionally be used for the daughter or other female relative of the president.
First ladies of South Africa
Apartheid era
Portrait | First Lady | State President | In Office |
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Cornelia Swart | Charles Robberts Swart | 1961–1967 | |
Lettie Fouché | Jacobus Johannes Fouché | 1968–1975 | |
Marga Potgeiter | Nico Diederichs | 1975–1978 | |
Martini Vorster | B. J. Vorster | 1978–1979 | |
Dorothea Viljoen | Marais Viljoen | 1979–1984 | |
Elize Botha | Pieter Willem Botha | 1984–1989 | |
Marike de Klerk | F. W. de Klerk | 1989–1994 |
Post-Apartheid era
No. | Portrait | First Lady | President | In Office |
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1 |
Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane (daughter) |
Nelson Mandela | 1994–1998 | |
Zenani Mandela-Dlamini (daughter) |
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Graça Machel (married in 1998) |
(married in 1998)- 1999 |
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2 | Zanele Mbeki | Thabo Mbeki | 1999–2008 | |
3 | Mapula Motlanthe | Kgalema Motlanthe | 2008–2009 | |
4 | Sizakele Zuma | Jacob Zuma | 2009–2018 | |
Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma | ||||
5 | Tshepo Motsepe | Cyril Ramaphosa | 15 February 2018 – Present |