HE Ms. Lindiwe Zulu, Minister for Social Development, South Africa . H.E. Ms. Lindiwe Zulu is a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the chairperson for the African National Congress’s Subcommittee on International Relations. Ms Zulu was educated in Swaziland whereupon she joined the ANC after the 1976 student uprising. In exile, Ms Zulu lived in Morogoro in Tanzania where she was offered a scholarship to study journalism in Russia. She obtained a Master’s degree in journalism. She was appointed the Head of Communication in the ANC’s Department of Religious Affairs. Ms Zulu served at the Head of Communication in the ANC’s Uganda office. In 1991 she returned to South Africa and became the Head of Communication in the ANC Women’s League. Ms Zulu was elected to the ANC’s team of spokespersons for South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. In 2004 she became the South African Ambassador to Brazil.