Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu

Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu is the South African deputy minister in Department of Social Development (South Africa). She has been a member of parliament since 1999 and now.[1] She is serving a fourth term in the Jacob Zuma cabinet. She was Deputy Minister of Public Works and Women, Children and Persons with Disability. Along with Michael Masutha she is one of only two leaders with disability in the current regime. She is a motivational speaker, HIV & AIDS activist, business woman and co-founded Disabled Youth South Africa.[2] She was instrumental in drafting the country’s UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ Country Report.[3]

The Honourable

Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu

MP
Deputy Minister of Social Development
Personal details
Nationality South African
Political partyANC
WebsiteDepartment of Social Development

Education 
  • BA Business Administration - University of Central Nicaragua[4]
  • She has a BTech degree[5]
  • Organisation Development[5]

Awards

For her leadership in the disability sector, she won the prestigious Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards in 2017.[6] In 2009 she won the Top Women Awards – Excellence in Business and Public Service for her leadership in the South African Department of Public Works.[7]

Personal life

On 13 July 2020, Bogopane-Zulu announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu". The Viscardi Center. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  2. "Pocket Guide DPSA". Disabled People South Africa.
  3. "STATEMENT BY MS. HENDRIETTA IPELENG BOGOPANE-ZULU". Deptt of Social Development.
  4. "Department of Social Development - Deputy Minister". www.dsd.gov.za. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  5. "Hendrietta Ipeleng Bogopane-Zulu, Ms | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  6. "2017 Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards recipients". Viscardi Center.
  7. "Top Woman in the Public Sector: Hendrietta Ipeleng Bogopane-Zulu". Media Update.
  8. Shange, Naledi (13 July 2020). "'I feel fine,' says deputy minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu after positive Covid-19 test". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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