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| NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA |
The Ex-wife of South-African president and present South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been appointed as the head of African Union.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma emerged as the first female head of
the African Union after a second round of voting as she had a tie against the
incumbent Jean ping of Gabon. Neither of the two candidates succeeded in securing the
required two-third of votes at the January first round of election. This tie
was a result of a serious polarity of the representative countries delegate as
the Francophone countries supported Jean Ping of Gabon and the Southern English
speaking supporting her.
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| ADDRESSING NEWSMEN |
She was an anti-apartheid veteran and had been involved in politics
since her student days as an active underground member of the then banned
African National Congress (ANC) and also a member of the South African Students’
Association where she served as the Deputy President. She completed her medical
studies while at exile at the University of Bristol in 1978.
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| THE OLD COUPLES SEEMS TO BE SAYING WE HAVE DONE IT AGAIN |
She had served as a member of all previous cabinet in South
Africa till date serving under president Nelson Mandela as an Health minister,
Thabo Mbeki as Foreign Affairs Minister and under her Ex-husband and the incumbent
president as the minister of home affairs.
She was nominated as Deputy President by Tambo Mbeki after the
husband was fired which she declined.
She will have to deal with the issues of aftermath of recent
coups in Guinea Bissau and Mali as her predecessor has been seen as very slow
and ineffective in handling issues in the past as in the cases of Cote d’Ivoire
coup and Libya revolution last year.
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| PRESIDENT ZUMA SEEMS TO BE SAYING WE GOT IT |
She ha s past records of achievements as the Health Minister
she made health services available to the poor and as a Foreign Minister she
was praised for her subtle diplomatic policy and ending the war with Congo.
She will have to deal with the issues of aftermath of recent
coups in Guinea Bissau and Mali as her predecessor has been seen as very slow
and ineffective in handling issues in the past as in the cases of Cote d’Ivoire
coup and Libya revolution last year.
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| HOPE NOT MOTHER AFRICA'S HEADACHE ALREADY |
She had promised in her campaign promises to make the Union more efficient and effective and had also said prior to her election as not seeing the Union being polarized as the winner will work with all so there it was not a surprised after her emergence when she declared that she is not an Anglophone but a Zulu and promise to work based on the resolution of neither the English speaking nor the French speking but of everyone.
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| I AM A ZULU AND I AM READY FOR THE JOB! |
