Susan Shabangu

The Honourable Susan Shabangu MP
Susan Shabangu

Minister of Women in the Presidency
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 June 2014
President	Jacob Zuma
Minister of Mineral Resources
In office 11 May 2009 – 25 May 2014
Preceded by	Buyelwa Sonjica
Succeeded by	Ngoako Ramatlhodi
Personal details
Born	(1956-02-28) 28 February 1956

Susan Shabangu (28 February 1956) is a South African politician and Minister of Women in the Presidency. She was the Minister of mining from 2009 to 2014.^[1]

Controversy

In April 2008 Shabangu, in her role as deputy minister of safety and security, told an audience of police officers to "kill the bastards", referring to criminals. The remark was met with widespread controversy.^[2]^[3]

In March 2003 Shabangu was charged with public indecency after an altercation with an airport security official in which she lifted her dress after repeatedly setting off a metal detector.^[4]

In August 2012, 44 people are killed at Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg after police opened fire on striking workers belonging to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU). This incident grabbed global headlines. Two days later after engaging all mining stakeholders in talks regarding the massacre, the Minister was asked why AMCU was not involved in the talks. The Minister stated that she was not aware that AMCU was operating in the mining industry.

Activism

In 2015 she signed an open letter which the ONE Campaign had been collecting signatures for; the letter was addressed to Angela Merkel and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, urging them to focus on women as they serve as the head of the G7 in Germany and the AU in South Africa respectively, which will start to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 that will establish new development goals for the generation.^[5]

References

↑ "Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet". South African Government Information. 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
↑ "Pocket dynamite". Independent Online. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
↑ "Shabangu grilled on 'shoot-to-kill' remarks". Independent Online. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
↑ "High, mighty - and very angry". Independent Online. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
↑ McVeigh, Tracy. "Poverty is sexist: leading women sign up for global equality | Life and style". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-05-08.

First Cabinet of Jacob Zuma (2009–2014)

President	Jacob Zuma

Deputy President	Kgalema Motlanthe

Ministers	Richard Baloyi Collins Chabane Siyabonga Cwele Rob Davies Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Geoff Doidge Pravin Gordhan Barbara Hogan Tina Joemat-Pettersson Trevor Manuel Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya Membathisi Mdladlana Edna Molewa Angie Motshekga Aaron Motsoaledi Nathi Mthethwa S'bu Ndebele Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Gugile Nkwinti Siphiwe Nyanda Blade Nzimande Naledi Pandor Ebrahim Patel Dipuo Peters Jeff Radebe Marthinus van Schalkwyk Tokyo Sexwale Susan Shabangu Sicelo Shiceka Lindiwe Sisulu Buyelwa Sonjica Makhenkesi Stofile Lulu Xingwana

Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma (2014–present)

President	Jacob Zuma

Deputy President	Cyril Ramaphosa

Ministers	Lynne Brown Collins Chabane Siyabonga Cwele Rob Davies Bathabile Dlamini Malusi Gigaba Pravin Gordhan Derek Hanekom Tina Joemat-Pettersson David Mahlobo Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Michael Masutha Fikile Mbalula Nomvula Mokonyane Edna Molewa Angie Motshekga Aaron Motsoaledi Nathi Mthethwa Faith Muthambi Nhlanhla Nene Nkosinathi Nhleko Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Gugile Nkwinti Thulas Nxesi Blade Nzimande Mildred Oliphant Naledi Pandor Ebrahim Patel Dipuo Peters Jeff Radebe Ngoako Ramatlhodi David van Rooyen Susan Shabangu Lindiwe Sisulu Senzeni Zokwana Lindiwe Zulu

Ministers of Jacob Zuma's third government (2014)

Deputy President	Cyril Ramaphosa

Ministers	Lynne Brown (Public Enterprises) Pravin Gordhan - David van Rooyen (Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs) Nhlanhla Nene - David van Rooyen - Pravin Gordhan (Finance) Susan Shabangu (Women in the Presidency) Tina Joemat-Pettersson (Energy) Rob Davies (Trade and Industry) Lindiwe Zulu (Small Business Development) Nathi Mthethwa (Arts and Culture) Nkosinathi Nhleko (Police) Senzeni Zokwana (Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries) David Mahlobo (State Security) Nomvula Mokonyane (Water and Environmental Affairs) Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (International Relations and Cooperation) Malusi Gigaba (Home Affairs) Dipuo Peters (Transport) Blade Nzimande (Higher Education and Training) Ebrahim Patel (Economic Development) Gugile Nkwinti (Rural Development and Land Reform) Ngoako Ramathlodi (Mining) Jeff Radebe (The Presidency)

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