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Dubbed 'Mama Action', Nomvula Mokonyane made headlines for all the wrong reasons, and her rise has been attributed to her 'political prowess'.!

This march which united women from all walks of life and racial background led by Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Sophie Williams and Radima Moosa sent a loud.

After several roles in the Gauteng Legislature after , she became Gauteng's first female premier when Jacob Zuma became president in

Dubbed 'Mama Action', Nomvula Mokonyane made headlines for all the wrong reasons, and her rise has been attributed to her 'political prowess'.

As part of the ANC's th birthday celebrations, ANC 1st Deputy Secretary General, Cde Nomvula Mokonyane begins the day with a visit to.

But back in , Mokonyane was sworn in as the first female premier of Gauteng and she had a reputation for a "no-nonsense stance towards.

Nomvula Mokonyane

South African politician (born 1963)

Nomvula Paula Mokonyane (born 28 June 1963) is a South African politician who is currently the First Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC).

She was the first female Premier of Gauteng from 2009 to 2014 and subsequently served in the national government as Minister of Water and Sanitation from 2014 to 2018, Minister of Communications in 2018, and Minister of Environmental Affairs from 2018 to 2019.

Born in Gauteng, Mokonyane was a labour, community, and gender activist during apartheid. She was first elected as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in 1994 and she served as a Member of the Executive Council in Gauteng from 1996 to 2009.

Following the 2009 general election, Mokonyane, then the Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the ANC in Gauteng, was elected to succeed Paul Mashatile as Premier. After a full five-year term as Premier, she was appointed to the cabinet of President Jacob Zum