Person in history
David Mabuza
David Mabuza, South African politician, 8th Deputy President of South Africa (born 1960)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2025 · July 3
- Known as
- head teacher, politician, and minister. Citizenship: South Africa
Their story
Who they were
David Dabede Mabuza, also known as DD Mabuza, was a South African politician who served as deputy president of South Africa from February 2018 to February 2023. He was the deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) from December 2017 to December 2022 and was previously the premier of Mpumalanga from 2009 to 2018, throughout the presidency of his onetime political ally Jacob Zuma. Mabuza served as a Member of Parliament from 2018 until his resignation in 2023.
Early life
Educated at: University of South Africa.
Early life and career David Dabede Mabuza was born on 25 August 1960 at Phola near Hazyview in what became Mpumalanga province . [ 1 ] His parents were farmers. [ 2 ] He was the sixth of 12 children - eight girls and four boys. [ 3 ] He matriculated at Khumbula High School, also in Mpumalanga. [ 4 ] He earned a teaching diploma, specialising in mathematics education, from the Mgwenya College of Education in 1985;
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