{"id":1226,"date":"2014-02-12T16:30:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T15:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2023-01-02T15:36:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T14:36:12","slug":"lindiwe-mazibuko-biography-profile-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/lindiwe-mazibuko-biography-profile-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Surprising Facts about\u00a0Lindiwe Mazibuko, Her Education and Political Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lindiwe Mazibuko is an influential and respectable South African politician. Although most people get to recognize her only as a politician and former member of the South African Parliament, she is also an author, academician, and public speaker among other things.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lindiwe rose to the ranks of the South African political class to become the leader of the opposition in the parliament before she finally bowed out of politics in 2014 to continue with her education. Because of her impact in the political sphere, her name is still being mentioned years later.<\/p>\n

Early Life and Educational Pursuit of the Well-read Lindiwe Mazibuko<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Born on April\u00a09, 1980, in\u00a0Swaziland, Lindiwe Mazibuko who is from a mixed-race family was raised in\u00a0KwaZulu-Natal By her parents.<\/p>\n

With a banker father and a nurse mother, life at their KwaZulu natal home was quite modest. These surroundings and the influence of her parents may have had a lasting impact on her strong work ethic and burning desire to stand up for the common citizens.<\/p>\n

In pursuance of her education, one can dare to say the former DA top woman is one of the most read politicians in South Africa. She got her secondary education at the St Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls from where she matriculated in 1997. Next, she moved to the University of KwaZulu \u2013 Natal where she obtained a Bachelor of Music degree. She went on to get another Bachelor’s in Arts (French, Classics, Media & Writing) from the University of Cape Town. Not done, she proceeded to the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.<\/p>\n

In 2015, she obtained a Master of Public Administration<\/a> (MPA) from the Harvard Kennedy School, and the next year, she became an Author-in-Residence at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. While at Harvard, she was an Edward S. Mason Fellow. Lindiwe was also a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics.<\/p>\n

Against her name is three degrees, a Master’s, and many other academic achievements.<\/p>\n

She Set Many Records In Her Political Career\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n