Lindiwe Hendricks

Lindiwe Benedicta Hendricks
Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry
In office
22 May 2006 – 10 May 2009
PresidentThabo Mbeki
Kgalema Motlanthe
Preceded byBuyelwa Sonjica
Succeeded byBuyelwa Sonjica
Minister of Minerals and Energy
In office
22 June 2005 – 22 May 2006
PresidentThabo Mbeki
Preceded byPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Succeeded byBuyelwa Sonjica
Personal details
Born (1957-07-29) 29 July 1957 (age 67)
Vryburg, Northern Cape
Union of South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
ProfessionAttorney

Lindiwe Benedicta Hendricks (born 29 July 1957 in Vryburg, Northern Cape), formerly known as Lindiwe Ngwane, is a South African politician and a member of the National Assembly. She served as Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry in the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry from 22 May 2006 to 10 May 2009.[1][2]

She previously served as Minister of Minerals and Energy from 2005 to 2006, and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry from 1999 to 2005. She was a partner of Ngwane & Ngwane Attorneys, a law firm based in Durban, from 1986 to 1988, and was an attorney at the Supreme Court from 1995 to 1999.

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Motlanthe moves to steady the ship


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