Zizi Kodwa Biography, Age, Wife, Children, Salary, Net Worth, Qualifications, Wedding, Wiki, Contact Details
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Zizi Kodwa Biography – Zizi Kodwa Wiki
Zizi Kodwa is a South African politician. He was the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa from 6 March 2023 to 5 June 2024. He was Deputy Minister of State Security from 30 May 2019 to 6 March 2023. Zizi is a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC), and served as the Spokesperson of the ANC from 2014 to 2017.
In March 2010, Zizi was appointed as a Special Advisor to the President of the Republic on Communications. Between May 2014 and 2017, he served as the National Spokesperson of the African National Congress. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the South African International Marketing Council.
He participated in Student Representative Councils and in more militant organisations such as the Congress of South African Students, which was banned and later reincarnated as the Township Student Congress. At university, he became a member of the South African Students Congress and also served as an SRC President.
As a member of the ANC Youth League, Mr Kodwa worked in different capacities in the League’s Western Cape branch and was later elected to the organization’s National Executive Committee. He was a member of the ANC Youth League until the ANC’s national congress in Mangaung in 2012.
Qualifications
He holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Development Studies from the University of the Western Cape.
Zizi Kodwa Age
Ncediso Goodenough Kodwa was born on 19 January 1970 in Gugulethu, Cape Province, South Africa.
Zizi Kodwa Wife
Zizi Kodwa is married to Zama Ngubane. The couple got married in a dreamy botanical wedding at Durban Botanical gardens in December 2011. They first met during a business trip in Johannesburg.
Zizi and Zama tied the knot in front of more than 500 guests. They included President Jacob Zuma, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj, Eastern Cape Social Development MEC Pemmy Majodina and ANC funder Roy Moodley.
Other VIP guests included Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, former speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete, suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, and a host of cabinet ministers, including Minister of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale. Socialites Kenny Kunene and Khanyi Mbau were also on the list, TimesLIVE reported.
The ANC is Zizi’s first wife. “The first family I have is the ANC. Some of us who get married have families and they do appreciate that whether you are a mayor or minister, you become a second wife,” Zizi told news24. “My wife knows and says often that she knows she is the second wife. The ANC is the first wife.”
Zizi Kodwa Children
Former Sport, Arts & Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa lives in Dainfern, Johannesburg, with his wife Zama Ngubane and their two children.
Zizi Kodwa Salary
Zizi Kodwa earned R2.6 million annual salary as Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture. He allegedly received payments and luxury accommodation worth R2 million from EOH director Jehan Mackay between 2015 and 2017, according to Steven Powell, head of forensic investigations at ENSafrica.
Zizi Kodwa Net Worth
Zizi Kodwa reportedly has an estimated net worth of R15 million.