First Lady of South Africa

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 Lady of the
Republic of South Africa
since 15 February 2018
ResidenceMahlamba Ndlopfu (Pretoria)
Genadendal (Cape Town)
Dr. John L. Dube House (Durban)
Inaugural holderCornelia Swart
Formation31 May 1961

First ladies of South Africa

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Apartheid era

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Portrait First Lady State President In Office
  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

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No. Portrait First Lady President In Office
1   Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane
(daughter)
Nelson Mandela 1994–1998
  Zenani Mandela-Dlamini
(daughter)
  Graça Machel
(married in 1998)
(married in 1998)-
1999
2   Zanele Mbeki Thabo Mbeki 1999–2008
3   Mapula Motlanthe Kgalema Motlanthe 2008–2009
4   Sizakele Zuma Jacob Zuma[NB 1] 2009–2018
  Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma
5   Tshepo Motsepe Cyril Ramaphosa 15 February 2018 – Present

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ both Sizakele Zuma and Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma have been referred to on the official Presidency of South Africa website as First Lady

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