When was helen zille born

Mary's Waverley in Johannesburg. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. A prominent journalist and anti-apartheid activist, Zille was instrumental in voicing protest to government atrocities. As a political correspondent for the now defunct Rand Daily Mail , Zille's journalistic skills helped her uncover the truth behind the Black Consciousness Movement BCM leader, Steve Biko's death in , which she discovered was due to police brutality and not natural causes as the government had claimed.

During this time, Zille was also the press officer for the University of Cape Town. In , she was elected the MEC for Education in the Western Cape, and was invited by the Party to draw up a draft policy for education for the Province. As of , she is 69 years old. Helen Zille is the first child of her parents who had relocated from Germany to South Africa in the s to avoid the Nazi persecution. Zille speaks English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and German.

Helen Zille and her husband, Professor Johann Maree have been married since They have two sons named Paul and Thomas. Paul and his wife, Gretl have a child named Mila. It was during her stay there that she and her editor, Allister Sparks exposed the cover-up around the death of Steve Biko obtaining evidence that he died as a result of a serious head injury and not due to a hunger strike. Party strategists see a particularly strong threat in the DA whose charismatic new leader the black Soweto-born Mmusi Maimane could hurt them far more than his predecessor Helen Zille AC Vol 56 No 10 Maimane wins leadership Maimane's leadership campaign had the strong support of outgoing party leader Helen Zille who had suddenly announced in April that she was stepping down before the party congress South Africa.

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